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lbones
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December 7, 2019
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Federal tax exempt interest which is taxable to the state

  • December 7, 2019
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I have client with federal tax exempt dividend interest from muni bonds derived from various states.  Where do I enter the amount that will not be taxable to the clients resident state.  Is it just a manual input to the resident state.  Example, they have $10,000 to tax exempt interest of which $2,000 is from their home state of NY.  Is there an area in which I put the $8000 on the federal dividend worksheet to flow to the state return or is it a manual input on the NY IT201. 

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Best answer by Just-Lisa-Now-

If you double click on the dividend line of sch B, you dont see this on the page that opens?  Or is this not what youre looking for?

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Intuit Community Champion
December 7, 2019
when you are on the interest worksheet click f1 for help, go down to "bond interest for more than one state" and follow the well written instructions. They work very well
lbones
lbonesAuthor
Level 6
December 7, 2019
Thank you Terry.  Worked like a charm.  should have done that in the first place, would have saved myself a lot of aggravation.  
Intuit Community Champion
December 7, 2019
you are welcome, glad to help
Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
December 7, 2019

If you double click on the dividend line of sch B, you dont see this on the page that opens?  Or is this not what youre looking for?

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Just-Lisa-Now-
Intuit Community Champion
December 7, 2019
if you have multiple states, you may have to make multiple line entries on the Sch B itself
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Intuit Community Champion
December 7, 2019

If I’m not mistaken, dbl click the line you’re working on on Sch B and it will take you to a worksheet where I believe there is a line item for that. If I’m wrong, sorry I’m not in office. 

lbones
lbonesAuthor
Level 6
December 7, 2019
There is a way to allocate interest income by state by double clicking the appropriate line but I do not see that dame option when I double click for dividend income on the dividend income worksheet.  I do not see a way to allocate by state.
George4Tacks
Level 15
December 7, 2019

If the percentage is less than 50%, then I believe NY taxes the whole thing. Here are the instructions from the IT-201

Line 28 – Interest income on U.S. government bonds 

Did you include interest income from U.S. government bonds or other U.S. government obligations on lines 2, 6, or 11? If No, go to line 29. 

If Yes, enter the amount of interest income earned from bonds or other obligations of the U.S. government. Dividends you received from a regulated investment company (mutual fund) that invests in obligations of the U.S. government and meet the 50% asset requirement each quarter qualify for this subtraction. The portion of such dividends that may be subtracted is based upon the portion of taxable income received by the mutual fund that is derived from federal obligations. 

Contact the mutual fund for further information on meeting the 50% asset requirement and computing your allowable subtraction (if any). If you include an amount on line 28 from more than one line on Form IT-201, submit a schedule showing the breakdown from each line. Do not list the same interest more than once on lines 28 and 31; see the instructions for Form IT-225, subtraction modification numbers S-121 and S-123.

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