State tax filing

In the Personal Info section...you indicate you were a SC resident on 31 Dec....and that you lived in another state in 2017 (NC, and the date you moved)

That will trigger the part-year SC and part-year NC tax returns.  Yes, you will be filing both states this year too.

Don't even look at either of the state tax returns until you have EVERY SCRAP of Federal income, Deductions & Credits entered in the Federal section.  Then, during each part-year state tax section interview, you will need to allocate your income, according to what state you lived in at the time you received that income.

Expect the state income allocations  to be confusing and plan to take a full month (or more) working on it until you understand the results.  Print out the state parts every week, and then go back in and edit your state income allocations as you figure out what you did wrong.

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*

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