Thank you but I probably didn't explain it right.  Resident of NYS, Lives in NYS, Apartment House is NYS, and is on NYS Retirement.  Due to everyone looking for workers, was offered a job in Mass until they find help..so she did commute.  As I see it, only the income from the w2 should be taxed in Mass, but ofcourse  it will also be taxed in NYS (with a credit of the taxes paid to MASS applied to NYS). The Rental income  should only be taxed in NYS.  I did go and appropriate all that belonged to Mass to Mass (w2) but the program still would not let me appropriate zero of the rental to MASS..so I had to override it to zero for Mass income. l just don't understand why it automatically made it as if it was MASS's income.