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State fields that are not exclusively associated with an address serve various purposes. State fields are designated in various screens and statement dialogs, such as State postal code, Postal code, and State and can be used in UltraTax CS as follows:

• Nonresident return processing - Enter the nonresident state postal code in the state field in the screen or statement dialog to designate the associated income, expense, withholding, payment, or deduction to the state indicated. If the state's postal code is entered in the field, the associated amount is used in calculations as sourced to the state. If an UltraTax CS state product includes a state-equivalent version of the related federal screen, data entered federally transfers to the state screen. Amounts associated with the screen are available for in-state source calculations if the state's postal code is entered in the state field. A postal code is used to distinguish between worldwide and in-state sourced calculations. 
• Resident state return processing - Some states allow a resident taxpayer to adjust their state income by out-of-state sourced amounts. Out-of-state amounts are identified by the postal code entered in the state field associated with the amount. 
• State allocation - All applicable states processed for any return are presented in the State allocation spreadsheet. State allocation spreadsheets are available in activity screens for Schedule C; Schedule F; and Schedule E, Pages 1 and 2. A postal code must be entered to access the allocation spreadsheet. The state postal code entered in the state field affects the treatment of all states that appear in the State allocation spreadsheet. The postal code entered in the state field is treated as the primary state within the spreadsheet and all income or loss associated with that unit is used in in-state sourced calculations unless otherwise allocated. If a resident state is processed, the resident state is treated as primary even if that state's postal code is not entered in the state field. All other states in the spreadsheet are automatically assigned 0 (zero), which means income or loss associated with that unit is not sourced to that state unless otherwise allocated.
• State use fields - The state postal code entered in the state field dictates which codes, if any, UltraTax CS displays in many of the related State use fields. State use fields specify that the amount is subject to special treatment for state calculations.
• Activities with assets - The postal code entry in the activity's state field is used to complete the Situs field for assets entered in the asset module.
• Two-dimensional bar codes - Some states produce two-dimensional bar codes that summarize return information in a scannable format. Certain amounts, such as withholding, are not considered in-state sourced by the state taxing authority if a postal code is not entered in the state field. If a postal code is not entered in the state field and an amount appears as withholding on the associated state return, the paper return may be subjected to hand processing and state taxing authority notice.
• Partnerships, S Corporations, trusts, and estates - Enter a postal code in Screens K1 and K1T any time you are processing a state return.

The state field can be ignored when:

• a state return is not being processed.
• a resident state is being processed and the calculation of the return does not require any special handling of income, expense, withholding, payment, or deductions.
• processing a nonresident return and the income, expense, withholding, payment, or deduction is not reportable as in-state sourced.

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