State return (MA) incorrectly thinks I am part time resident. Fed info is correct ..Full time resident. How do I fix?

[KatrinaB]

Follow the directions below to reanswer the question related to state residency in the personal information section of your return.

1. Go into Turbo Tax and select My Info.
2. A Personal info summary screen will pop up.
3. Select Edit next to the top section with your name, Social Security Number, birthdate, occupation, and resident state.
4. Question number 2 asks you the state(s) you lived in during 2018. Select your state of residence from a drop-down menu.
5. You'll also be asked if you lived in another state in 2018. Answer No. This should let the program know that you were a full year resident on Massachusetts.

[silverlucky5]

I am working with Turbo Tax Premier desktop version, not online, and am receiving same error message.  But instructions above do not correct error.  Help Please!!

[KatrinaB]

What does the error message say?

[silverlucky5]

Check This Entry   Schedule B:  Massachusetts bank interest received while you were a resident of a state other than Massachusetts (reported on line 4a) plus total interest from Massachusetts banks (reported on line 5) is more than total interest and dividends on your federal return.  Please review your entries for Massachusetts bank interest.         Then it recaps LIne 4a, with a box that says 0.  But I have lived in Mass my while life and all my interest is correct.  I  have done my taxes 3 times from scratch to make sure I answered all questions correctly.  I feel slightly panicky at this point.  🙂

[KatrinaB]

What state is listed in box 15 of Form 1099-INT?

[silverlucky5]

I have three 1099-INTs....all say MA

[silverlucky5]

I figured out what was causing the issue.  When I entered the interest from my 1099-INTs, I entered the exact amount with cents.  I went back and entered a rounded number instead of including cents and voila, problem disappeared.  It now considered me to be a MA resident only and no longer generated un-fixable Form B error.  I would strongly suggest your developers go back and fix this issue so other users of the desktop Premier version do not encounter the same error I did.  

[Frank_Li]

Well, it is 2020 and I'm running into the same trouble with the desktop (mac) version as a part year resident for MA.