State taxes sent to wrong state. tax forms show I owe one amount but it changes at the filing point, also not getting back all the money from the other state.

That does not seem correct. If your employer sent taxes to a state you didn’t live in, you should ignore what is on the W-2 and report $0 income. Your refund should equal the state withholding in W-2 Box 17.

 

States have different procedures in handling this situation. In general, it’s best to file by mail and include an explanation (and letter from your employer if you can get one) explaining what happened and why you are not claiming any income.

 

Send your return by certified mail with proof of delivery.

 

You will owe a lot of your home state, plus possible penalty. The penalty amount only may be showing up instead of the amount due  if you clicked on the screen to amend your state return and said you paid the $1,785. If so, go back to amend and cancel it.

Thank you, switching the income to 0 worked, and I should get the full amount back.  I did find an instruction that said to do just that. Still says I only owe $123, but I’ll deal with that later.