Why doesn't the "earned in other states" amount of federally tax exempt dividends carry over to my NY state return? Had the same problem last year.

[cjlang]

I needed to use the "Investment Adjustment" for U.S. obligations (which is not technically correct) on my state return to get the correct result.

[Hal_Al]

The screen shots at this post might help with making the correct entries.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/state-taxes/discussion/do-i-enter-the-state-in-which-i-live-in-reg...