Is it necessary to manually exclude income from a non-resident state return?

[LeeB6]

On the desktop version, it's asking me whether to exclude my primary business income or not, from my non-resident state return. (The purpose for the non-resident return in my case is a small amount of rental income in that non-resident state.)

On the web version in past years, I was never confronted with this question. 

You can also see more details here: 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-state-taxes-on-non-resi[product key removed]n-...

[tagteam]

Is there any reason you do not want to make the adjustment? 

You should not have to include your primary business income on your non-resident state return if it was not connected with that state.

[LeeB6]

Hi Tagteam. I'm just afraid to do something wrong, or make a change that's hard to correct! 

In past years, using the hosted/web version of TurboTax, I was never confronted with this choice. So I don't know what's correct, tax wise. 
Should I exclude my other-states work income from this one non-resident return, which includes the follow-on questions of excluding my other-states work deductions, and basically anything related to earnings and my self-employed business in my primary state? 

[tagteam]

Your state non-resident return is typically for income sourced to that state, which requires allocating between your resident state and the non-resident state. It does not appear as if you're doing anything wrong.

[LeeB6]

Thank you!