1099_INT not calculated correctly when choosing pulldown "my state doesn't tax all this interest"

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I do not feel comfortable providing the file. JDCU/MVCU are an examples of  banks that are in Massachusetts.  In order to get them to appear correctly on the Mass Form 1 I had to choose “My state doesn’t tax all this interest”, when in fact it does. As you can see the sum was reported on Mass Form 1 and categorized on Mass form Int Inc Stmt. As you will also see both AMEX and Pen Air FCU are not reported as Mass interest, when they should be, since I did not check the exclusion box. In summary when I chose the 'exclusion' box the $$ are NOT counted as Mass Interest and when I leave it blank they are. This is opposite to what should be happening. 

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Is this issue being investigated?

Looking into this situation further and reading the instructions for the Massachusetts income tax forms, the state does tax all interest income at the same rate regardless of the source of the interest.  However, if the interest income is from a Massachusetts source, then you are allowed an exemption amount of $100 (or $200 for Married Filing Joint).  This means that you would not pay tax on up to $100 of interest income when the interest came from a Massachusetts source.

 

The only way to indicate that the interest is coming from a Massachusetts source is to select the check box  that says 'my state does not tax all of this interest'.  This indicates that there is special handling of this income item on the state tax return.

 

When this was tested, everything seemed to be working properly and as expected.  

 

@jmp51