Drake Tax2024 Form Availability and Tax Changes: Massachusetts

Article #: 20023

Last Updated: March 03, 2025

 


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Supported Forms

The following Massachusetts forms are supported in Drake Tax 2024. Forms denoted with e-Sign icon can be e-signed.

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t Form is supported in the indicated return type.

P Form is available for e-file / paper file.

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MM/DD Estimated availability date. Note that the date may differ for e-file vs. paper-file, and in some cases, e-filing may be approved before paper-filing or vice versa.

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Form Description IND CRP SCRP PTR FID EST e-File Paper File
  List of Subsidiaries Requesting Extension with Form 7004                
1 Resident Income Tax Return t           P P
1-ES Estimated Tax Payment Voucher t           P P
1-NR/PY Nonresident/Part-Year Resident t           P P
1 M-2210F Underpayment of Massachusetts Estimated Income Tax for Fiduciaries         t   P P
2 Massachusetts Fiduciary Income Tax Return         t   P P
2-ES Estimated Tax Payment Voucher         t   P P
2G Grantor’s/Owner’s Share of a Grantor-Type Trust t       t   P P
2-PV Massachusetts Fiduciary Income Tax Payment Voucher         t   P P
3 Massachusetts Partnership Return of Income       t     P r
355 Business or Manufacturing Corporation Excise Return   t         P P
355-7004 Corporate Extension Payment Worksheet and Voucher   t t       P r
355-A Schedule A355 and 355S Schedule A   t t       P P
355-CAR MA Corporation Annual Report   t t       r P
355-ES Corporate Estimated Tax Payment Voucher   t t       P r
355-PAR MA Professional Annual Report   t t       r P
355-PV Payment Voucher   t         P r
355-S S Corporation Distributive Income     t       P r
355S S Corporation Excise Return     t       P r
355-SHR Attachment for Annual Report – Shareholders   t t       r P
355S-PV Massachusetts Corporate Tax Payment Voucher     t       P r
CRFS Composite Return Filing Statement     t t     P r
CRPPMT MA Corporate Payment         t   P r
EFO Personal Income Tax Declaration of Paper-Filing t           r P
M-706 Massachusetts Estate Tax Return           t r P
M-1310 Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer t           r P
M-2210 Underpayment of Massachusetts Estimated Income Tax t   t t t   P P
M-2220 Underpayment of Massachusetts Estimated Tax by Corporations   t t       P r
M-2848 Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative t t t t t t r P
M-4422 Application for Certificate Releasing Massachusetts Estate Tax Lien           t r P
M-4868 Application for Automatic Extension to File t   t t     P P
M-8453 e-Sign icon Individual Income Tax Declaration for Electronic Filing t           r P
M-8453 CRe-Sign icon Nonresident Composite Return Tax Declaration for Electronic Filing     t t     r 03/08
M-8453Ce-Sign icon Corporate Tax Declaration for Electronic Filing   t t       r P
M-8453Fe-Sign icon Fiduciary Tax Declaration for Electronic Filing         t   r P
M-8453Pe-Sign icon Partnership Tax Declaration for Electronic Filing       t     r P
M-8736 Fiduciary Extension Payment Worksheet and Voucher         t   P P
M-9325 Electronic Filing Information Handout t           r P
M-NRA Massachusetts Nonresident Decedent Affidavit           t P r
MA63D-ELT Entity-Level Tax     t t t   P r
MA NRCR Nonresident Composite Return     t t     P r
MAEF-PV e-File ACH Payment Information t           P r
PTE-EX Withholding Exemption Certificate for Members of a Pass-Through Entity t t t t t   P P
PV Massachusetts Income Tax Payment Voucher t           P P
PWH-WA Performer or Performing Entity Withholding Allocation Form t           P P
R/NR Part-Year/Non-Resident Combined Worksheet t           P P
Schedule 2K-1 Beneficiary’s Massachusetts Information         t   P P
Schedule 3K-1 Partner’s Massachusetts Information       t     P r
Schedule 4% Surtax Schedule 4% Surtax t       t   P P
Schedule A Balance Sheet   t t       P P
Schedule ABI Exceptions to the Add Back of Interest Expenses   t t       P P
Schedule ABIE Exceptions to the Add Back of Intangible Expenses   t t       P P
Schedule B Interest and Dividends t           P P
Schedule B Interest, Dividends and Certain Capital Gains and Losses         t   P P
Schedule B Tangible or Intangible Property Corp. Classification   t t       P P
Schedule B/R Beneficiary/Remaindermen         t   P P
Schedule C Profit or Loss from Business t           P P
Schedule C Tangible Property Corporation   t t       P P
Schedule CB Circuit Breaker Credit t           P P
Schedule CRS Credit Recapture Schedule t t t t t   P P
Schedule D Capital Gains and Losses         t   P P
Schedule D Long-Term Capital Gains and Losses Excluding Collectibles t           P P
Schedule D Intangible Property Corporation   t t       P P
Schedule D-IS Installment Sale t           P P
Schedule DI Schedule DI t           P P
Schedule DRE Disclosure of Disregarded Entity   t t       P P
Schedule E Reconciliation Total Supplemental Income and (Loss) t       t   P P
Schedule E Taxable Income   t t       P P
Schedule E-1 Dividends Deduction   t t       P P
Schedule E-1 Income or Loss from Real Estate and Royalties t           P P
Schedule E-2 Income or Loss from Partnerships and S Corporations t           P P
Schedule E-3 Income for Loss from Estates and Trusts t           P P
Schedule EC Solar or Wind Energy Credit t           P P
Schedule EDIP Refundable Economic Development Incentive Program Credit t t t t     P P
Schedule EOAC Economic Opportunity Area Credit t t t t t   P P
Schedule F Income Apportionment   t t       P P
Schedule FAF Farming and Fisheries Credit t     t t   P P
Schedule FCI Foreign Corporation Income of U.S. Shareholder t     t t   P P
Schedule FE Report with Respect to Foreign Entities t t t     t P P
Schedule H Investment Tax Credit and Carryovers   t t       P P
Schedule H Expenses and Fiduciary Compensation         t   P P
Schedule HC Health Care Information t           P P
Schedule HM Harbor Maintenance Credit   t t       P r
Schedule INC Form W-2 and 1099 Information t           P P
Schedule IDD Income Distribution Deduction         t   P P
Schedule LP Credit for Removing or Covering Lead Paint on Residential Premises t     t t   P P
Schedule M-1 Federal Reconciliation   t t       P r
Schedule NOL Net Operating Loss   t t       P P
Schedule NTS-L-NRPY No Tax Status and Limited Income Credit t           P P
Schedule OJC Income Tax Paid or Other Jurisdictions t       t   P P
Schedule RC Research Credit   t t       P P
Schedule RLSC Refundable Life Science Credit Life Science Company t t t t t   P P
Schedule SC Septic Credit for Repairing or Replacing a Failed Cesspool or Septic System t           P P
Schedule SK-1 Shareholder’s Massachusetts Information     t       P r
Schedule TDS Taxpayer Disclosure Statement t t t t t   P P
Schedule TTP Tax Treaty Positions   t t       P r
Schedule VP Vanpool Credit   t t       P P
Schedule X Other Income t           P P
Schedule Y Other Deductions t           P P

Modified Forms

  • Form 1, Massachusetts Resident Income Tax Return, and Form 1-NR/PY, Massachusetts Nonresident/Part-Year Tax Return

    • Lines 5a and 5b (Form 1) and 7a and 7b (Form 1-NR/PY), have been removed

    • Line 46 (Form 1) and 50 (Form 1-NR/PY) - Child and Family Tax Credit, has increased to $440 per dependent

    • Line 14b (Form 1-NR/PY) interest income, has been removed

  • Schedule 4% Surtax

    • The surtax threshold for line 5 is $1,053,750

  • Schedule CB, Circuit Breaker Credit

    • The assessed value of the real estate limit on line 2 has changed to $1,172,000

    • The qualifying income limit on line 9 changed to $72,000 (Single), $91,000 (head of household), and $109,000 (married filing jointly)

    • The maximum credit on lines 17 and 21 have increased to $2,730

New Credit

Training Tax Credit for Emergency Assistance

Tax Law Changes

  • MA banks deduction of interest — Effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the deduction previously allowed for a deduction of up to $100 ($200 for joint filers) of interest from MA banks is repealed.

  • Requirements for MA Married Filing Jointly returns — For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, married couples must file a joint personal income tax return for any year in which they file a joint federal income tax return, unless an exception applies.

  • The Qualified Veterans Hire Tax Credit increased to $2,500

  • The Septic Credit has been expanded to included expenses incurred for repairs, replacements, upgrades or sewer connections that are required by Title 5 of the State Environmental Code, 310 CMR 15.000, or a watershed permit issued by the Department of Environmental Protection.