TomD8
Level 15

State tax filing

None of us here can see your tax return, so it's hard to know exactly what's going on.  But for starters, if your main home is in Colorado, and your 3-month stay in New York was strictly temporary, then for tax purposes you are a non-resident of New York and a resident of Colorado.   You are not a part-year resident of either state.  Be sure that you don't indicate on the IT-203 that you were a part-year resident of New York.  A part-year resident is a person who makes a permanent move from one state to another during the tax year.

 

New York taxes non-residents only on NY-source income.  Income earned from work physically performed in NY is NY-source income.  Did you work in NY during your 3 months there?

 

Also, in TurboTax, you must complete your non-resident state tax return before your home state tax return.  If you don't do your state returns in the correct order, errors may occur.

 

 

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.