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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Massachusetts: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Massachusetts General Laws are published on the official General Court website at malegislature.gov under Part I, Title IX, covering Taxation in Chapters 58 through 65C.",
      "body": "Massachusetts General Laws are published on the official General Court website at malegislature.gov under Part I, Title IX, covering Taxation in Chapters 58 through 65C.\n\nWhat General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts actually says:\n\n“Chapter 62: TAXATION OF INCOMES”\n\nNote: Anchor record for Massachusetts tax statutes under Part I, Title IX.",
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      "source_link": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62",
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      "evidence_quote": "Chapter 62: TAXATION OF INCOMES",
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      "id": "learn_r638_massachusetts_creator_tax_treatment_mass_tax_rate_partb",
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      "title": "Massachusetts: income tax rate",
      "summary": "Massachusetts imposes a Part B income tax rate of 5.3 per cent on taxable income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.",
      "body": "Massachusetts imposes a Part B income tax rate of 5.3 per cent on taxable income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.\n\nWhat General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts actually says:\n\n“(b) Part B taxable income shall be taxed at the rate of 5.3 per cent for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.”\n\nNote: General income tax rate for residents.",
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      "source_link": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62/Section4",
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      "evidence_quote": "(b) Part B taxable income shall be taxed at the rate of 5.3 per cent for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.",
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      "id": "learn_r638_massachusetts_creator_tax_treatment_mass_tax_rate_surtax",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Massachusetts: income tax surtax",
      "summary": "Where the sum of Part A, Part B and Part C taxable income exceeds $1,000,000 in a taxable year, the portion exceeding $1,000,000 is taxed at the specified rates plus an additional 4 per cent.",
      "body": "Where the sum of Part A, Part B and Part C taxable income exceeds $1,000,000 in a taxable year, the portion exceeding $1,000,000 is taxed at the specified rates plus an additional 4 per cent.\n\nWhat General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts actually says:\n\n“(d) Where the sum of Part A taxable income, Part B taxable income and Part C taxable income exceeds $1,000,000 in a taxable year, the portion of such taxable income exceeding $1,000,000 shall be taxed at the specified rates specified in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, plus an additional 4 per cent.”\n\nNote: High-income surtax threshold and rate.",
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      "source_link": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62/Section4",
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      "evidence_quote": "(d) Where the sum of Part A taxable income, Part B taxable income and Part C taxable income exceeds $1,000,000 in a taxable year, the portion of such taxable income exceeding $1,000,000 shall be taxed at the specified rates specified in subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, plus an additional 4 per cent.",
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      "title": "Massachusetts: estimated tax obligation",
      "summary": "Every taxpayer expecting to receive taxable income under Chapter 62 from sources other than wages where the estimated tax is more than $400 must make estimated tax payments.",
      "body": "Every taxpayer expecting to receive taxable income under Chapter 62 from sources other than wages where the estimated tax is more than $400 must make estimated tax payments.\n\nWhat General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts actually says:\n\n“Section 13. Every taxpayer who in any taxable year can reasonably expect to receive income taxable under chapter sixty-two from sources other than wages upon which a tax is required to be withheld under section two and for whom the amount of estimated tax is more than $400 shall make payments of estimated tax pursuant to section fourteen.”\n\nNote: Quarterly estimated tax trigger for self-employed creators.",
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      "source_link": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62B/Section13",
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      "evidence_quote": "Section 13. Every taxpayer who in any taxable year can reasonably expect to receive income taxable under chapter sixty-two from sources other than wages upon which a tax is required to be withheld under section two and for whom the amount of estimated tax is more than $400 shall make payments of estimated tax pursuant to section fourteen.",
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      "title": "Massachusetts: tax return filing threshold",
      "summary": "Every individual inhabitant of the commonwealth receiving Massachusetts gross income in excess of $8,000 shall make a return of such income.",
      "body": "Every individual inhabitant of the commonwealth receiving Massachusetts gross income in excess of $8,000 shall make a return of such income.\n\nWhat General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts actually says:\n\n“Section 6. (a)(1) Every individual inhabitant of the commonwealth who receives or accrues during the taxable year Massachusetts gross income, as defined in section 2 of chapter 62, in excess of $8,000 shall make a return of such income.”\n\nNote: State income tax return filing threshold for residents.",
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      "source_link": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter62C/Section6",
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      "evidence_quote": "Section 6. (a)(1) Every individual inhabitant of the commonwealth who receives or accrues during the taxable year Massachusetts gross income, as defined in section 2 of chapter 62, in excess of $8,000 shall make a return of such income.",
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      "id": "learn_r638_massachusetts_creator_tax_treatment_mass_tax_filing_deadline",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Massachusetts: tax return filing deadline",
      "summary": "Tax returns under Chapter 62C shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of each taxable year.",
      "body": "Tax returns under Chapter 62C shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of each taxable year.\n\nWhat General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts actually says:\n\n“(c) Except as otherwise provided, returns under this section shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of each taxable year.”\n\nNote: Annual filing deadline for individual returns.",
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      "evidence_quote": "(c) Except as otherwise provided, returns under this section shall be made on or before the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the close of each taxable year.",
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