BillM223
Expert Alumni

State tax filing

It sounds like you may have enjoyed "actual resident" status in 2020. But Virginia throws in more complexity in this case (see page 6 in the instructions:(

 

"File Form 760, Resident Return, if:

• You were an actual or domiciliary resident for the entire year; or

• You were an actual or domiciliary resident for a portion of the year, but all of your income for the entire year was from Virginia sources.

File Form 760PY, Part-Year Resident Return, if:

• You moved into Virginia during the taxable year and became either an actual or domiciliary resident; or

• You moved out of Virginia during the taxable year and became a domiciliary resident of another state, provided that you did not move back to Virginia within six months.

Note to Part-Year Residents: If you had Virginia source income during the taxable year while you were a nonresident, you may also be required to file Form 763, Nonresident Return. See Nonresidents, below"

 

It is relatively easy in the Online product to change the default of nonresident VA return to resident (it's usually the first question you get in the Online products). Your domicile of MI will cause TurboTax initially to list you as a nonresident in VA.

 

However, TurboTax does not have a way to let you file both a resident return and a part-year return for Virginia at the same time.

 

I do not know where you earned your income and when, but you might try adding the income that would have gone on the part-year return (if you need to file one) onto the resident return instead.

 

Anyway, read the quote from the instructions above and tell us which category you belong in on the basis of where you earned your income and when.

 

[Edited 5/12/2021 4:42 PM CDT, changed "PA to MI"]

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