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Realized Accrued Market Discount Income

Hi - I am reviewing 2024 (and now 2023) tax to determine how TurboTax treats realized accrued market discount income for US treasury obligations (non-taxable at the state level). I am trying other figure out whether this information has flowed through to the state (CT) return for 2023. I'm not sure it has. I think this should be treated as an income deduction for state purposes but I don't see it in the CT return from 2023.

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Realized Accrued Market Discount Income

This has been a topic of much discussion over the past couple of years here because AMD on Treasury Notes is not actually considered deductible in some states and can be ambiguous in others.  NC has been the clearest cut as they specifically had a court challenge & ruling that it's not deductible.

 

The general argument from folks that it's not interest from a US Gov Obligation is because the market discount is being created by some third party thru the secondary market, not the government directly (tho Notes could also have some OID).  Some states use different language for interest vs. income, or stipulate they follow Fed guidelines.

 

So I don't think TT takes a position on this at the state level and therefore does not exclude it automatically.

 

If your state does consider it as non-taxable then you can enter it into the state program as a manual adjustment (there should be a screen to make manual subtractions and additions from income).

 

If you're not sure your state treats it as non-taxable or concerned with the adjustment, you'll need to consult a CPA as I don't think you will get definitive answer here to base a tax filing on.

 

Expect this to be another hot topic this year.  There is a long-running thread on this topic here.

 

hhttps://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/accrued-market-discount-on-treasury-bonds-state-t...

 

 

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