Is the amount listed for state wages for Missouri equal to 100% of the federal wages? If not, try subtracting the Missouri wages from the federal wages and entering this as the Illinois wages.
If the Missouri wages as entered are equal to the federal wages so you can't do that, then try this:
- Write down your Missouri tax due/refund and your Illinois tax due/refund.
- Go back into TurboTax and change that W-2 so that the wages reported in each state is one half of the federal amount.
- Go through the state interviews again
- If that doesn't change your tax due/refund in the two states, then go ahead and e-file.
The reason is that most states don't actually use that state wages amount; instead, they start with the Federal Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) and add and subtract things,and the state wages amount on the W-2 is never referenced.
Let us know what happens.
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