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New Member
posted Mar 29, 2025 4:07:56 PM

If I worked in 2 states and one doesn't have state sales tax how and where do I enter this?

I can't select it as another state - it's not an option.

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Expert Alumni
Mar 29, 2025 4:09:20 PM

You only deduct the sales tax deduction for your resident state.  

New Member
Mar 29, 2025 4:13:42 PM

Yes, I realize that I only need to pay the one state tax. But there's no place to enter that the other state where I worked doesn't have state taxes. On the pull-down list of other states where you've worked they don't include those states that don't have state taxes. So there is no way for me to indicate that I worked 1/3 of the time in Texas.

Expert Alumni
Mar 29, 2025 4:29:26 PM

You do not have to file an income tax return in Texas because there is no income tax in Texas. @DNP2 

New Member
Mar 29, 2025 4:41:13 PM

I'm still not making myself clear. I'm in Turbo Tax. It's going to figure out my state taxes based on my total amount earned. There is no place to indicate that 1/3 of what I earned was in Texas. Since I can't enter that fact anywhere, Turbo Tax goes ahead and figures out my Maryland taxes based on my TOTAL amount earned. It's frustrating because on the page where it askes if I worked in another state, I say yes and there's a pull down menu but Texas isn't on the pulldown menu since there are no state taxes. But I need to make clear that all of my income should not be used to figure out my Maryland State taxes. I have not found any place in Turbo Tax to enter this.

Expert Alumni
Mar 29, 2025 4:47:35 PM

If you were a resident of Maryland all year, all of your income is taxable in Maryland even if it was earned in Texas.

 

If you were a resident of both Maryland and Texas during 2024, you'd need to file a part year resident return in Maryland so that you can prorate your income. To do this, you'll need to let TurboTax know that you lived in two different states.

 

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@DNP2 

New Member
Mar 29, 2025 4:52:10 PM

I have homes in both states and live in both states back and forth all year. 

Expert Alumni
Mar 29, 2025 5:38:43 PM

You only have to file a Maryland tax return because Texas does not have a state income tax.  If you want to file a Part Year Return for Texas and Maryland, but just because you have homes in both states does not necessarily mean you changed state resident status. Please see Maryland Income Tax - ADMINISTRATIVE RELEASE which discusses your domicile.  @DNP2