MA State Tax - Do I have to file?

Are you planning on returning to MA in the future?  I guess all being said, MA is very complicated and I would check with a US (state) tax expert.  And think, they do call MA, "taxachusetts" for a reason!

Nope. Never planning on moving back to MA whatsoever. That's why I am confident that if called upon, I could prove that I am no longer Domiciled in MA anymore, however that doesn't mean they can't harrass/bug me for the next few years which I'd ideally want to avoid.

Aye I think after being here in Scotland ten years(in July) that i can safelty say i am not domiciled in Mass.
Got a monthly house payment  to prove it.. 

Aye I think after being here in Scotland ten years(in July) that i can safelty say i am not domiciled in Mass.
Got a monthly house payment  to prove it.. 

But - from a UK perspective you may still be domiciled in your State of origin - unless of course your father was from Scotland!

Err...  since my family lives in MA and I still have US bank accounts and things, that was the easiest addresss for me to put things to...Then my FL driving license expired, so I had to put MA down, because I don't have any ties in FL at all.
I'm in MA, maybe 15 days a year...but have occasional mail going to my parents house, just because that's the best place for it (the small banks I have accounts in will not ship my statements overseas!!)
I know this came up before on here and I ignored it...
So... MA income tax for me??

It seems to me the more I read on here its looking more and more like once you decide to make the shift to UK -- that's it!  You really can't hang on to any home ties.  The UK wants you to commit to naturalization ultimately and the US wants you to keep filing US taxes forever even if you're not living there.  You can have dual nationality but you can't hold on to both equally in practice.  For example, when I first lived in the UK I kept my voting address at my parents' and kept up my MA driving license and bank accounts because I knew we'd be visiting often and I certainly didn't want to be disenfranchised.  But now it looks like the state can do you for income tax if you do that.
DD lives and works permanently in London but, as she is a dual-national, uses my address for voting purposes and gets an absentee ballot.  She is called repeatedly for jury duty and I have to send the card back saying she lives abroad.  So I suppose she would be regarded as Massachusetts domiciled as well.
Disgruntled!

I feel bad for US emmigrants who may well still be tied to filing state tax returns. In some ways it's seem acceptable, but in others it seems unfair. Being a resident of Texas -- where no such state income tax exists -- I guess I feel fortunate in this regard.

But I sure hope, for all your sakes, you won't have to pay any state tax, even if you do have to file.

Err...  since my family lives in MA and I still have US bank accounts and things, that was the easiest addresss for me to put things to...Then my FL driving license expired, so I had to put MA down, because I don't have any ties in FL at all.
I'm in MA, maybe 15 days a year...but have occasional mail going to my parents house, just because that's the best place for it (the small banks I have accounts in will not ship my statements overseas!!)
I know this came up before on here and I ignored it...
So... MA income tax for me??

You definitely don't have to file MA tax unless you had MA income.  Normally, you don't have to file unless you had at least $8000 in MA income.  But you also have to file if your MA income is higher than your MA personal exemption.  The computation of the exemption is a little tricky for non-residents, because it depends on the ratio of MA income to all income.  The lower that percentage, the lower the exemption.  (In other words, you get a full exemption if all your income is from MA, but you only get a partial exemption if only part of your income came from MA.)  In my case as a non-resident with modest MA income, my personal exemption for 2008 was a paltry $99, because less than 1% of my income came from MA.  My MA income was higher than the exemption.  so I'm filing.  It's much ado about not very much money (I owe about $100 in MA tax for 2008, half of which was already withheld.)

If you have accounts in MA banks with an MA address, then MA will see it as MA income.  You presumably got 1099 forms from those banks.  Technically, you need to file if those forms show income above your exemption.  If they add up to more than a few hundred dollars, you might need to file.  Otherwise I'd skip it because the potential tax liability is so small it wouldn't make much sense for MA to pursue you.