Is there any way around this? Can't e-file your MA state return- "massachusetts schedule c, profit or loss from a business, has a foreign address". Please advise.

[IreneS]

Does the business have a foreign address?  Where do you live?

[djlimole]

We lived in the Czech Republic for the last 6 months of 2018. The business was from the renting of my former residence in MA. We lived in the house for the first 6 months and rented it out for the last 6 months after we relocated.

[djlimole]

We currently live in the Czech Republic, with plans to stay and continue to rent out the house in the US.

[IreneS]

The rental from you house in MA should be reported on Schedule E, not Schedule C, unless your business is renting houses and you rent out several houses.

Unless you have a business in addition to  the house rental, delete the Schedule C by following these steps:

1. While in your return, click on Tax Tools > Tools (in the black bar at the side of your screen). 
2. Under "Other helpful links" click on Delete a form. Click Delete next to the Schedule C in your federal return  and follow the onscreen instructions. Also delete the Schedule C on the MA return.  Once you have finished deleting the desired form(s) click the Continue with My Return box (in the lower right of your screen).

If you still have problems e-filing the MA return, you will have to print it out and mail it in.

[djlimole]

Thank you. I found the problem, I just can't seem to solve it. It's not my rental that on Schedule C, BUT my wife's income. She got a 1099-MISC for work she did for a former company. Last year she did the same, but it did not come up on Schedule C. I'm not sure what I'm doing differently, but it keeps prompting me back to it and it's making it seem like it's a business. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong!

[IreneS]

You can enter the 1099-MISC in TurboTax as "Other Common Income," which is reported on line 21 of Schedule 1 of Form 1040 (Other Income) and will not generate Schedule C or SE tax.  Please use the following steps:
1. Click on Federal > Wages & Income.
2. Scroll down to the Other Common Income section.  
3. Click on the Start/Revisit box next Form 1099-MISC.   
4. On the screen Did you get a 1099-MISC?  click on the Yes button.
5. On the next screen, Let's get the info from your 1099-MISC, enter the information from the 1099-MISC.
6. On the following screens, answer the following questions:
         o Did it involve work that's like your main job? No.
         o You got it in 2018
         o No, it didn't involve an intent to earn money
7.  Continue through the rest of the interview screens. The income will appear on line 21 of Schedule 1 of Form 1040 (Other Income).

[djlimole]

Thank you Irene! One more question for you. It ends up that I will have to mail my MA state return in. Besides our W-2s and 1099-MISC, are there any other copies that I need to send in with my return?