missing other state return

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October 6, 2019
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I received a letter from my home state of Delaware saying they needed additional information for processing. It said taxes paid to another state is not supported by a tax return for that state even though I paid taxes to Maryland where I work. Can you help?

xmasbaby0

Level 15

You say you had MD tax withheld by your employer. But did you prepare a non-resident MD return? When you work and live in different states, you are supposed to prepare your non-resident state tax return first, then prepare the return for the state you live in. It sounds like you did not do that. You should have done that so that DE would give you credit for the tax you paid to MD.

What does the letter from DE say they want you to do? Do they want you to prepare a MD return and amend the DE return, or did they ask you to do something else? You say the letter is asking for "additional information."

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Critter

Level 15

FYI ... the "taxes paid to the other state" is NOT simply what was withheld on the W-2 form ... if you simply entered that amount then you did it wrong ... follow the letter's directions to correct the issue.