If your interest is exempt from New York Only:

1. From within your TaxAct® return (Online or Desktop) click Federal. On smaller devices, click the menu icon in the upper left-hand corner, then select Federal
2. Click Investment Income to expand the section, then click Interest Income (Form 1099-INT)
3. Click +Add Form 1099-INT to create a new copy of the form or click Review to review a form already created
4. Select Step-by-Step Guidance.
5. When you come to the screen titled Interest Income - 1099INT Income, enter the amount of your New York State exempt interest in Box 3 Interest on U.S. Savings Bonds and Treasury obligations

The amount you enter in Box 3 will be added to the total interest income on the federal return, and will be entered on New York Form IT-201, Line 28 or Form IT-203, Line 27.

If the interest is exempt from Federal Only OR Federal AND New York:

1. From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop) click Federal. On smaller devices, click the menu icon in the upper left-hand corner, then select Federal
2. Click Investment Income to expand the section, then click Interest Income (Form 1099-INT)
3. Click +Add Form 1099-INT to create a new copy of the form or click Review to review a form already created
4. Click Step-by-Step Guidance to enter or review the information.
5. If you have interest that is FEDERALLY EXEMPT,enter this amount in Box 8 Tax-exempt interest when you get to the screen titled Interest Income - Tax-Exempt Interest.
6. If you have FEDERAL AND STATE EXEMPT interest, continue to the Interest Income - State Tax-Exempt Interest screen and click Yes.
7. Enter the amount from Box 8 that is exempt in the field titled Amount from box 8 that is both federal and state exempt interest.

Example for Federal and State exempt:

You have $2,000 dollars of total interest, with $1,000 being federally exempt and $300 being New York State exempt. Enter $1000 in Box 1 of the Form 1099-INT. The $1000 that is federally exempt would be entered in Box 8. The $300 that is exempt from New York State taxes would be entered in the field Amount from Box 8 that is both Federal and State exempt interest.

In this example, the following interest income would be reported on the federal and New York State returns:

• Form 1040, Line 8a = $1,000
• Form 1040, Line 8b = $1,000
• New York Form IT-201, Line 20 or Form IT-203, Line 20 = $700