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I have just e-filed my Maine state return, and I forgot to include extra documentation required for the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for Maine. How do I fix?

JesseG689 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:26:31 GMT

This is my first year filing for the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for Maine, and I just found out more documentation (copy of transcript, proof of loans) is required according to the Maine website: https://www.maine.gov/revenue/faq/student-loan-repayment-tax-credit#q12

I wasn't notified by TurboTax about extra documentation, so I mistakenly didn't think to look. How do I correct my state return and upload these documents?

Thanks.

Re: I have just e-filed my Maine state return, and I forgot to include extra documentation required for the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for Maine. How do I fix?

xmasbaby0 — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:53:29 GMT

You cannot make changes to a pending return. Wait for it to be processed and amend later if necessary.

Re: I have just e-filed my Maine state return, and I forgot to include extra documentation required for the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for Maine. How do I fix?

JesseG689 — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:09:44 GMT

Thank you, I will wait then.

Re: I have just e-filed my Maine state return, and I forgot to include extra documentation required for the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for Maine. How do I fix?

radbrad_dsm — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 04:09:19 GMT

Did you get this resolved? I haven't filed yet and I'm unsure how to provide the documents.

Re: I have just e-filed my Maine state return, and I forgot to include extra documentation required for the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for Maine. How do I fix?

JesseG689 — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:30:42 GMT

Yes, I ended up getting the tax credit. I simply went and submitted my Maine state return electronically through TurboTax without any documentation and they accepted it.

A few days later, I received a letter in the mail from Maine Revenue Services which listed all of the documents that I needed to submit to them. This letter directed me to their Maine Tax Portal website (https://revenue.maine.gov/) where I was able to submit all of the documents electronically. I received my state tax return a few business days after that.

Hope this helps!

Re: I have just e-filed my Maine state return, and I forgot to include extra documentation required for the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for Maine. How do I fix?

joetuccijr — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:56:06 GMT

I do not see where I can claim this credit in the software. I have in the past before the name-change, but i cannot find the option now in the Maine section of filing. Can you explain where?

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AmyC — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:26:41 GMT

Follow these steps:

Open your Maine return and answer the questions.
Continue past any other additions?
Continue past any other subtractions?
Continue answering questions until you reach Credit for Student Loan Repayment,
Select Yes.
Enter date graduated
Enter location of college
Enter allowed amount - up to $2500 or if STEM, up to $3,500. Do not enter more than you are allowed.
Continue

@joetuccijr

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MPelletier207 — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:56:13 GMT

For the eligible amount - is it the FULL AMOUNT paid to the lender over the year, or just interest??

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AmyC — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:14:27 GMT

The full amount paid up to $2,500. There is a lifetime credit limit of $25,000 (for example: $2,500 x 10 years)

Reference:

SLRTC FAQs.

Re: I have just e-filed my Maine state return, and I forgot to include extra documentation required for the Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for Maine. How do I fix?

samr2020 — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:24:46 GMT

This may be a dumb question, but how did you know how much $ to enter for “amount of eligible payments”? Did you just add up the amount you paid towards your loans in 2024 and write that?

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ThomasM125 — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:32:14 GMT

Per this from the Maine Revenue Services, eligible loan payments are payments on loans taken out in the pursuit of an associates, bachelor's or graduate degree from an accredited Maine or non-Maine community college, college, or university after 2007:

So if your payments qualify, you would enter the total of such payments made in 2024.

@samr2020