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I have a 1099-DIV that includes income from dividends and capital gains. It also includes the percentage of the income that came from US government securities. I understand that the amount of ordinary dividends that are from US government interest are exempt from Maryland tax. Long term capital gains are not included in the ordinary dividends calculation. In the Maryland returns section in Turbo tax, they ask to enter any portion of capital gains that came from U.S. obligations. Would I enter the amount of long term capital gains from my 1099-DIV that came from US obligations here?

TurboTax Premier Desktop 2025 is following different instructions from what's listed on the State of Colorado's site for income tax addback. This creates a critical difference between an addback amount or no ($0) addback. For example, when Colorado line 5 = $0 and line 8 has an amount, line 5 prevails at line 9 (required addback).   The 2025 Colorado instructions are listed below: 1)    Enter the total state and local tax deduction from IRS Form 1040, Schedule A, line 5e _______________ 2)    Enter any local income tax deduction included on IRS Form 1040, Schedule A, line 5a.  ______________ 3)    Enter the state and local real estate tax deduction from IRS Form 1040, Schedule A, line 5b. __________ 4)    Enter the state and local personal property tax deduction from IRS Form 1040, Schedule A, line 5c.______ 5)    Subtract lines (2), (3), and (4) from line (1). Enter the result, but not less than $0.       _______________ 6)    Enter the total itemized deductions from IRS Form 1040, Schedule A, line 17.  _______________ 7)    Enter the amount of federal standard deduction the taxpayer could have claimed.     _______________ 😎    Subtract line (7) from line (6). Enter the result, but not less than $0.                 _______________ 9)    Enter the smaller of line (5) or line (8). This is the required addback amount.   _______________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________   TurboTax's State income tax addback worksheet is below. These TurboTax worksheet calculates an addback amount when the Colorado instructions results in $0 addback. It's difficult to determine if SALT handling or high AGI are factoring into the TT equation.    TurboTax Premier 2025 State Income Tax Addback Worksheet 2025   A1 Is the amount on federal Sch A line 5d greater than the amount on line 5e? If no, enter amount from Sch A Line 5a If yes, enter Sch A line 5e minus 5b and 5c                                                                                                                         Amount    [A1] ___________________ A2 Total itemized deductions from line 17, Schedule A, federal Form 1040     [A2] ___________________ A3 The amount of federal standard deduction you could have claimed (See line 12a, federal Form 1040 for allowable federal standard deductions). [A3] _____________________ A4 Line A2 minus line A3                                                                                              [A4] ____________________ A5 Enter the smaller of line A1 or line A4                                                                  [A5]_____________________ A6 Taxes deducted by a partnership or an S corporation:   Enter the required state income tax addback reported on the partner’s or    the shareholder’s Colorado K-1 (DR 0106K)                                                           [A6] _____________________ A7 Add lines A5 and A6. Enter here and on Form 104, line 2                                [A7] ______________________ This worksheet is derived from page 5 of the government instructions and the Individual Income Tax Guide   Anybody encountering a similar problem?