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Level 4
July 9, 2024

Are certain deductions allowed for calculating MT part-year residency income allocation?

  • July 9, 2024
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Client has 42% of Schedule C net income allocated to MT due to part year residency.  The Part Year Allocation worksheets have been completed within the Pro Series tax software.  However, the allocation of the SEP IRA contribution, SE tax deduction and SE health insurance deduction to the MT income are not being made within the software program thereby increasing the allocation of taxable income to MT.  Current ratio is MT source income (exclusive of the above-mentioned deductions) divided by MT AGI resulting in a ratio of 55%.  The MT AGI includes the deduction.

In summary, the question is: shouldn't the MT source income be net of the part-year allocation of the deductions for SEP IRA contribution, SE tax deduction and SE health insurance deduction and this resulting number be divided by the MT AGI.  If this was the case, the ratio would be decreased from 55% to 42% thereby reducing the MT income tax liability.

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    qbteachmt
    Level 15
    July 10, 2024

    What did you enter for Sched 1, Lines 15, 16 and 17?

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    doubleg10Author
    Level 4
    July 10, 2024

    Schedule 1 (MT Form) on lines 15-17 (Column A) show the federal amounts for SE tax deduction, SEP IRA contribution and SE health insurance deduction, respectively.

    I don't understand why there is no allocation to the MT residency period of 8/1 - 12/31 for these deductions against MT source income.  The PY allocation worksheet within the MT portion of the program indicate the MT allocation.

    sjrcpa
    Level 15
    July 10, 2024

    In theory it sounds like some should be allocated to MT.

    Did you check the MT instructions to see if they break the theory?

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    Intuit Community Champion
    July 10, 2024

    I believe MT starts with federal AGI that already has taken the deductions you mentioned 

    qbteachmt
    Level 15
    July 10, 2024

    Yes, "show the federal amounts"

    And there are different provisions for part-year residents and for non-residents, which I believe is page 8 or 7 depending on which applies. There should not be a reduction to Net until those pages, which are the allocation.

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