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lukejt32
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My employer withheld Massachusetts state tax when i lived, and worked in New Hampshire. Do i need to file for MA and how would I get the state tax back?

 
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TomD8
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My employer withheld Massachusetts state tax when i lived, and worked in New Hampshire. Do i need to file for MA and how would I get the state tax back?

If you never lived in or worked in MA during the tax year, and you had no other MA-source income (such as rental income from a property located in MA), then you would file a non-resident MA tax return, showing zero MA income, in order to have the incorrectly withheld taxes refunded to you.

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.

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TomD8
Level 15

My employer withheld Massachusetts state tax when i lived, and worked in New Hampshire. Do i need to file for MA and how would I get the state tax back?

If you never lived in or worked in MA during the tax year, and you had no other MA-source income (such as rental income from a property located in MA), then you would file a non-resident MA tax return, showing zero MA income, in order to have the incorrectly withheld taxes refunded to you.

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.

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