State Tax: Nonresident
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- You are considered a nonresident if you lived in MA for < 183 days or if you are living in a dorm. Otherwise, you ae considered a resident.
- As a nonresident, you are exempt from state tax on MIT fellowships (but not from DOE, NIH, NSF etc given in exchange for research work rather than as awards)
- You can also claim tax
treaty between US and your native country by filling out Schedule
Y Line 4b
- State tax deducted is mentioned at the bottom of the W-2 form.
- Rent from only MA banks is reported on state return (Line 5)
- Medical/dental exemptions are reported from Schedule A (this is not Medical Insurance you paid) on Line 4e.
- If you interned in another state, you are not taxed in MA on income from that state as a nonresident. However, it will be required to determine exemption ratio on Line 14g
- You can claim deduction on rent paid in MA on line 18
- File your state taxes with Massachusetts Form
NR/PY-1
- After you have computed taxable income, you may figure your state tax owed using the state tax table.
- Find out where to mail your forms, or get more help.
- Sample Form NR/PY-1
- Sample Schedule Y
