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Downloaded 2 state for TurboTax Deluxe Desktop but did them in wrong order. can I delete & add back for free?

I am learning more about living in MA and working in both MA and RI. I use the Desktop version of TurboTax Deluxe. I am reading in this forum that for MA to correctly credit back the taxes I paid in RI, I need to add RI first when doing my taxes in Turbo tax and then MA.  Since I already paid for these, if I delete them from the desktop version and then add them back, will I be charged again? Thanks. tr

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Downloaded 2 state for TurboTax Deluxe Desktop but did them in wrong order. can I delete & add back for free?

It also seems questionable whether the order you do the states actually matters. I was able to get to different questions where I ultimately could get the tax paid in RI credited back to MA. So I don't think the order matters. Maybe the flow is better but I think you can get it to work no matter what order you enter the states in. 

MonikaK1
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Downloaded 2 state for TurboTax Deluxe Desktop but did them in wrong order. can I delete & add back for free?

If you are using the Desktop version of TurboTax, and you need to redo a state return, you can delete the return within TurboTax and run it again. Deleting the return doesn't delete the program from your computer.

 

The order in which the state returns are completed makes a difference in many cases, as your resident state may offer a credit for taxes paid (not to be confused with taxes withheld) to another state, and in that case you would need to have calculated the tax liability for the other state. You also need to determine whether the two states have reciprocity agreements, which may be able to eliminate the need for the second state return unless you have taxes withheld in the second state.

 

See this article for information on states with reciprocity agreements. Massachusetts and Rhode Island don't currently have a tax reciprocity agreement. An employee who is a resident of Rhode Island is subject to Rhode Island withholding for wages earned in Rhode Island. If a Rhode Island resident works in another state, such as Massachusetts or Connecticut, the wages will be taxed in the state where the wages are earned.

 

See also this TurboTax article and this one on multiple-state situations. 

 

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