I am have a State of Conn return. I am a non-res and live in MA. It is saying "Enter the total am of 5% income on which you paid taxes to Conn". What does this mean?

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It is saying "Enter the total amount of 5% income tax on which you paid taxes to Connecticut." What does this mean? What do I do?

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DanielV01

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Massachusetts is somewhat convoluted in how it puts this on the return. The question is really simpler: How much income did you earn for which you are being taxed in Connecticut. Massachusetts will then calculate a credit on the amount of tax you pay to Connecticut on this double-taxed income (income taxed by both states). Your credit will be the lower of what Connecticut taxes the income or what Massachusetts taxes the income.

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attackmom

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It asks for the total amount of 5% income on which taxes were paid to CT. Isn't this the wages that are listed on the W-2 from CT? If not, where do we get that figure from? Is it Line 11 of our Federal 1040 which is also Line 1 of the CT-1040 NR/PY?

AmyC

Employee

If you only have w2 income from CT, then that is what you enter. CT has a complicated system as seen in How Nonresidents and Part-Year Residents are Taxed. You want to enter income that is being double taxed. If you are a nonresident, only your wages, capital gains from sale of property in CT, business income, things that happen in CT are taxable to CT.