State tax laws may vary! That’s the biggest takeaway from this post.
While many states conform to the IRS tax guidelines, at least to a
certain extent, nearly all of them require some adjustments to maximize
your state deductions. And, some states se...read more
Do you even have to file taxes in more than one state? Do you know if
you’re a resident, nonresident, or part-year resident? What if you’re in
a state temporarily, such as a military move? So many questions - and
TurboTax has the answers! Let’s start...read more
Received a Letter of Adjustment from Michigan Department of Treasury.
They zeroed out my 2025 form 4884 retirement and pension benefits
subtraction. The letter provided no reason for the adjustment, just the
adjustment to zero and the following colla...read more
Nac64Posted March 2, 2026
| Latest post Tuesday by
dltmoll
I did not claim any donations on my Federal forms because I was taking
the standard deduction, so it would not have counted. But for IN taxes I
need to claim that donation for the University to get a State match.
Should I go back to my Federal form a...read more
TurboTax 2025 Desktop (MacOS) chooses the College Tuition Credit instead
of the College Tuition Itemized Deduction even though it's better. The
College Tuition Itemized Deduction is calculated using IT-272 Worksheets
1 and 2. It doesn't appear TurboT...read more
marcnycPosted 2 weeks ago
| Latest post Monday by
LenaH
Maryland gross income is calculated from federal income with both
additions and subtractions (for dependent tax payers). If that income is
below the threshold to file, then you don't owe any state taxes,
correct? So if there was no tax withheld from ...read more
I live in California and work remotely for a New York employer. I
understand that there is tension between the NY
convenience-of-the-employer rule and the CA rule (that all income earned
while present in CA counts as a California source). There is mi...read more
After selecting e-file of Federal and State Returns, the program asked
about "...need a little information that we didn't need earlier." The
info was in regard to last year's tax return. I inputted the info it
asked for but after selecting Continue, ...read more
We make estimated quarterly payments based on dividend income. In the
4th quarter, we sold stock for a capital gain and made a higher 4th
quarter estimate. We filed our taxes through TurboTax and they said we
had no penalty. Now, two months later, we...read more
Hi - I posted this issue a few years ago and was unable to find an
answer. I think it is a hard bug in the software. Why isn't it fixed
already? I ended up having to file the MA return on the MA Tax Connector
website in order to take the Research Cre...read more
KARicePosted February 11, 2026
| Latest post a week ago by
LenaH