What do you enter for the total wages earned in all states from your W-2 for the "Income allocation to Massachusetts" form, ? Is this only income while living in MA?

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Income earned anywhere while living in Massachusetts as well as any income earned in Massachusetts as a non-resident. (even if you did not live there at that time)

Massachusetts will tax income earned while living in that state and income earned in that state.

If you were a part-year resident, do the older state return first, and then the state in which you lived on Dec. 31, 2018.

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Income earned anywhere while living in Massachusetts as well as any income earned in Massachusetts as a non-resident. (even if you did not live there at that time)

Massachusetts will tax income earned while living in that state and income earned in that state.

If you were a part-year resident, do the older state return first, and then the state in which you lived on Dec. 31, 2018.

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Thank you. So I should only be entering the income from MA. The phrasing is a confusing.

"Here's what we got as the total wages earned in all states from your W-2(s). If the total wages you earned in all states is different, make any adjustments below."

In this case, I should enter all income I received from MA. Not all wages I received in 2018 from other states while I didn't live in MA.

The next window says "Non-Massachusetts Portion of Income. Enter the non-Massachusettes portion of the following income reported on your federal return. This is known as allocated income. Some allocations may be done for you"

In this case, I should enter 0 since I did not earn any income from MA while living in another state.

Am I interpreting this correctly?