No. Do not wait to file your return. Employers almost never correct state payroll tax errors.
You can report amounts that are different from what’s reported on your W-2. Doing this will give you a larger Colorado refund and a smaller California refund (or balance due).
You may receive a notice from CA, CO or both if your wage amounts differ from what is on the W-2. In that case you would just have to show how you calculated the amounts and provided some documentation, such as a pay stub of year-to-date earnings at the time you moved.
If you report everything as shown, it will match your W-2s, so it will not create any red flags.
California pulls state wage info from the W-2 Box 16 amount you report in TurboTax, so if you do want to make an adjustment, you would make it there.
The IRS will not care if the state wage amount is different as it doesn’t impact federal tax.
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