TurboTax should adjust its state tax software to automatically calculate the amount of the allowable deduction on Schedule Y, line 9 of the MA state form. I work in IT and I know It should be a very simple update, by making that line (Schedule Y, line 9) a self-calculating field based on the taxable income transferred from the Fed 1040 to the state form. The allowed deductions are based on that income, according to the table published by the Massachusetts' DUA, as follows:
Persons 200% of the Federal Poverty Level
1 $25,520
2 $34, 480
3 $43,440
4 $52,400
5 $61,360
6 $70,320
7 $79,280
8 $88,240
This would allow taxpayer to avoid paying upfront taxes that may not be owed (especially in these difficult financial times) and reduce the possibility of delays and/or mistakes, which would create additional back-and-forth communications/paperwork and unnecessary waste of time and resources to fix the problem(s).
