Daughter, IL resident, had 2 part-time jobs as non-resident in MI while in college. I understand the reciprocity agreement, however, she failed to submit proper W4. She has fixed this for 2021.
She also worked in IL, so will file an IL return.
I am trying to do her taxes and am extremely confused about what must be done to properly recover what was withheld by MI employers.
Many, many answers re: this same topic indicate simply entering "0" as wages on MI return... end of story. Seems there should be more to it than that, but this is a popular answer.
In reading all of the instructions on michigan.gov, it seems she must submit MI-1040, Schedule-1, Schedule-NR with income allocation columns A-C, and Schedule-W!! Maybe I'm dense or something, but OMG, could they make this any more difficult to recoup a few lousy bucks?! It almost seems easier to just pay the double tax amount on the IL return, but maybe that's by design...
Based on the above, I've tried to follow all the instructions, with numbers from all 3 W2s, doing all the calculations, yada yada, and it results in even less of a refund than what they've taken out from her 2 MI jobs.
After spending hours and hours on this, and the deadline looming, I was hoping someone on here might be able to provide some proper instructions on what exactly I need to do for the MI return, before I do the IL return in TT.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
D
