LindaB1993
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Retirement tax questions

Open the Massachusetts return until you get back to the section in  "Pensions and Annuities from All sources"

  • Do you have any tax-exempt income from pensions or annuities?
  • You should respond  "Yes'
  • Then the amounts transferred over form the Federal entries will display with a drop-down menu with three selections 1) T-taxable Pension; 2) G- Tax-exempt, and 3) K-Keogh Distribution. 
  • Please select "Tax Exempt"  in the drop-down menu, to exclude the following pensions as non-taxable on the Massachusetts state return. There is no need to enter an amount or "zero".
  • Massachusetts, excludes all federal, state, and local pension income from taxation:
  • Massachusetts, exempts military pensions from income taxes entirely:
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