I retired from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control December 31 2019. I payed both Mass and Maine state taxes. Do I still have to pay Mass state taxes?

[robertdelia72]

I live in Maine for the pass 34 years. The retirement benifits are not distributed from the Massachusetts division, which I was employed at.

[ToddL99]

If you live in Maine, you do not need to file a MA tax return for your retirement income - it doesn't make any difference where the checks are coming from or from where you earned the retirement. 

Effective for retirement income received after December 31, 1995, federal law prohibits any state from taxing certain retirement income (mainly pension income) unless you are resident of, or domiciled in, that state. For example, if you receive a pension from your former California employer and you now reside in New Mexico, California may not tax your retirement income - but New Mexico can. Because you are now a New Mexico resident, your retirement income is taxable in New Mexico.