Here's some general guidance. Allocation is a term that means to designate, split or assign. When you are filing a part-year resident return in particular, amounts reported on your W-2 do not always reflect the correct income amounts actually earned in each state, so allocation screens allow for you to adjust the amounts accordingly. Please see this FAQ for more information: https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/4777389
There are a number of reasons why the state amounts reported don't equal the box 1 amounts. For more detail, please comment on what are the two states, when you moved, did you continue to work in one state while living in another, and any other detail that might be helpful.
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