I bought 2 copies of Turbotax premier desk top mac - one for me living in California, and another for my son who is staying in New York since end of 2023 for work. (We filed his 2023 return in California State. We provided his State of residence for 2024 as New York and his mailing address is still California as he will return to CA in few months.)
- I worked on my tax return first.. renamed moved the downloaded app in my applications folder to another location
- I then downloaded my son's Turbotax and am working on his return.
Now when I reached State tax return with his turbotax application, it thinks that I already installed California and is charging $45 to choose New York for his return. I noticed that TurboTax shows California installed. Is there any way I can uninstall CA for his return and install New York? Then do the other way by choosing when I get back to complete my return later?
I want to remove California for him. Also curious: Why is it showing California as installed? Is it because we gave his mailing address as CA or is it because mine is CA on the same mac or is it because his previous tax return of 2023 was CA?
I want to install New York for him.
Below is what's shown in State Taxes
I went to File and chose "Remove State Data" which now shows disabled. But it shows "Prepare California" enabled.
I believe the 1st state is free. I think Turbo Tax considers New York as a second state and hence charges $45 as shown below.
