State tax withheld but I never worked in that state!

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April 18, 2023
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Hello, I worked for a MA employer... but I never worked in that state (remote employee). I worked from NH where there is no state income tax. The MA employer withheld MA state taxes, but when I fill out the MA return and specify that all my income was earned outside of MA... it still says I owe the tax. What am I doing wrong?

MayaD

Alumni - Intuit

You need to file non-resident MA return. Make sure you've filled out the Personal Info section correctly:

With your return open, select My Info in the left-hand menu.
Then, on the Personal info summary screen, scroll down to Other State Income, and select Edit.
At the Did you make money in any other states? question, answer Yes and make sure your nonresident state(s) are selected from the drop-down.

When preparing a nonresident return solely to recover erroneous tax withholdings, enter 0 on the screen that asks for the amount of income earned in that state. This will eliminate your tax liability for that state, resulting in a full refund.

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xanman2112Author

Level 2

Thanks! Yes, right after I posted.. I found that I could change the form to "Nonresident and Part Time resident" (Form1-NR/PY).

The problem is that Turbotax keeps asking me to put in the date range when I resided in MA... but I NEVER resided in MA. I left them blank and I'm now showing a full refund of the MA state taxes withheld.