Your NYS wages would be shown in box 16 of your Form W-2.
If you are using TurboTax enter your Form W-2 as it is shown, and it will correctly flow to your NYS tax return. Your tax professional should have no issue figuring what your apportionment would be for multiple states.
In general, if you lived in multiple states, you will likely be filing two state tax returns. And you will likely get a tax credit on your residential state tax return for taxes paid in your nonresidential state. You should enter your nonresidential state tax return into TurboTax first so the credit will properly flow to your residential tax return. It also depends on if your states have tax reciprocity or not.
Filing taxes for the two different states will depend on several factors, including:
- Which state is considered the source of the income
- Specific states involved
- If you changed jobs or kept the same one
- If there’s a reciprocity agreement between the states involved
You’ll likely file a part-year resident return in both states. Usually, you’ll have to file a state return in any states that you:
- Have earned income from wages or self-employment
- Have property that produces income
Regardless of whether you're a part-year resident or a nonresident in the state where you are working, an apportionment schedule will be completed if you have income in more than one state. This form can usually be found in the state's part-year or nonresident income tax return. You use the schedule to "apportion" how much of your income is taxable in each state.
- Part-year residents not only pay tax on income earned from work performed in the state, but also pay tax on all other income received while residing in the state.
- Nonresidents generally only pay tax on income they earned from work performed in the state, and on income received from other sources within the state.
After you use the apportionment schedule to allocate the appropriate amount of your income and deductions to the new state, you need to calculate what percentage of your total income is state income. We'll call this the "apportionment percentage," and it is used in the rest of the calculations.
Click here for more information regarding figuring your taxes when multiple states are involved.
Click here for a list of states that have tax reciprocity.
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