Hi,
This is my first exposure to multi-state tax filing. My daughter had a 2-months summer internship at New York City in 2021. Her employer provided 2 W2s (have the same Employee ID number in box b), one for CA and one of NY. (I think she may have declared CA as her permanent residence to her payroll and thus she got a W2 for CA?, I am not sure). Both these W2s have Box 16 showing the same amount as listed in Box 1 (I understand that NY state requires Box 16 to have the same number as Box 1), yet Boxes 17 (State Income Tax) for CA and NY show different tax amounts.
In filing IT-203 form (NY Non-Resident), there is the column for "New York State Amount".... since Box 1 and Box 16 for both states have the same Wage number, I'm dumfounded as how to enter the "New York State Amount"? All boxes 16 need to add up no more than Box 1, so if CA shows the full number, does that mean I would enter $0 for the "New York State wage amount" in form IT-203? or would it be the other around, where the income for CA would be $0 then? since her wage was earned from the summer internship in NYC
Appreciate for some expert advise.
