exemptions and credits for student

swimcatsmom
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:02:00 +0000

I don’t know anything about MA and NY State taxes. I do know that in our state the exemptions on the state return have to tie in with the exemptions from the federal tax returns, and the AGI is also based on the federal tax returns. I would not think she can claim her personal exemption on state returns and claim to be your dependent for federal returns. I also don’t think she can claim different incomes in different state and different to federal income claimed. However states often have some sort of offsetting tax credits for income earned in other states, or credits for tax paid in other states. Some states do not require non residents to file state taxes, others do. It will vary by state.

Have you tried running her data through one of the freefile programs associated with the irs website, such as tax slayer? Some of them will let you do state taxes as well.