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State tax filing

You need to indicate how much of your income you earned while living in New York City - that would be allocating it.  You only want to pay city taxes on the income you earned while working/living in the city.  Income you earned while working/living upstate is not taxable by the city, but you have to tell the program how much belongs to each category (i.e. allocate).

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