Massachusetts Unemployment Compensation Infinite Loop

[JBM529]

I work in Massachusetts and Live in Connecticut. In 2021, I received one week of unemployment and received a 1099-G form. 

I received two W-2 Forms from my job this year; one for MA and one for CT (which also had some federal information on it), so I took relevant information from both of them and manually filled out the W2 Form manually. 

I completed (but have not filed) my federal Tax return and am working on my MA (non-resident) tax return. 

I am trying to complete my Massachusetts tax return, but smart check tells me:

"Income worksheet: The Non-MA portion of Unemployment compensation Your unemployment withholding of 27 [which edit: I THINK WAS MASSACHUSETTS WITHHOLDING]. should not be greater than your MA unemployment income of 0. Adjust your non-Massachusetts unemployment income."

However, I received no unemployment from CT, it was all from Massachusetts, so it SHOULD be 0. 

Jay

[RaifH]

You're right, it should be 0. TurboTax asks for the Non-Massachusetts Portion of Unemployment Compensation. That amount should be 0 in the third column of the form the error is on. The second column is the Massachusetts portion and should have the entire amount of unemployment, since Massachusetts taxes unemployment, even if it is given to nonresidents.  You may need to enter 0 both in the third column and in the field at the top where it says there is an error for it to fix itself. If it is still giving errors, you can go back through the Massachusetts state return and make sure to enter 0 as the Non-Massachusetts portion of unemployment compensation. 

[JBM529]

0 is the amount it is asking me to fix in the third column, correct. However, the first and second columns are ALSO 0, despite me having filled out the 1099G form in the federal tax return. Why is that?

Jay

[JBM529]

I looked farther down the list, in line 22 (PFML taxable Distributions) it has the amount listed on my 1099-G in the first and 2nd column. Is that correct?

[RaifH]

Probably not. If the 1099-G was for unemployment, the amount for taxable PFML should be 0. In the MA state interview on the Massachusetts PFML Taxable Distributions screen, you should answer No.

That should get rid of any amounts on Line 22. If you received a separate 1099-G for PFML, that amount should be in Line 22 in the MA box. Your unemployment should still be up in Box 6. Both of them should have the entire amounts in the second column for MA-sourced. 

[JBM529]

"In the MA state interview on the Massachusetts PFML Taxable Distributions screen, you should answer No."

Yes, that seemed to be the issue! Thank you so much!!

Jay