Can I offset my gambling winnings in a non resident state with losses from that state?

[tigerldy86]

I live in Texas but have gambling winnings in Oklahoma.  Can I offset the losses from Oklahoma against the state tax obligation?

[NancyG]

When you entered your Oklahoma gambling winnings and all gambling losses in the federal sections of TurboTax, it transfers over to the Oklahoma return as part of your itemized deductions. There is no additional place to enter these losses in the OK return. There is no distinction for state of gambling loss.

On your OK Form 511NR, you are allowed to deduct either your OK standard deduction or your Federal Itemized deductions.

You could still wind up owing some tax to Oklahoma even though you claim losses up to the extent of your gambling winnings. That's because OK computes a nonresidents taxes based on their federal Adjusted Gross Income, then applies a percentage to the total tax based on the ratio of your income from OK to your total income.