You may have dividends that are not taxable at the state level (typically tax free income the fund generated from your home state). Most mutual fund/brokerage companies send an information sheet showing the % of total dividends attributable to different states. You multiply total dividends (1a) by the % in the chart for your state (NY). That total (usually small amount) is a deduction from federal dividend income on your state return. You may also find the information on the website of the company that sent the 1099. Here is an example from Fidelity https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/TY23-GSE-Supplemental-Letter.pdf You go across the top to find the fund that generated the dividends then go down to your state--the intersection of the two is the % you multiply by the total dividend. That number is the amount of govt interest you would enter into the program
