State tax filing

Thx Kathryn. Some more detail:

 

- I own a residence in AR, for which I pay mortgage interest + property taxes

- My employer is based in IL (and IL state taxes were deducted on my W2 for the full year 2020)

- No income was made for an employer/business located in AR

- I lived in IL only temporarily (Jan+Feb 2020), and back in AR for the rest of the year

 

My deliberation is:

 

  1. Do I file one part-year return for IL and claim all income on that return? My concern here is I would not be able to deduct mortgage/property related deductions (maybe just standard)
  2. File two part time returns for each state, but not sure how this will work since my employer is in IL and no AR taxes were collected on my W2

Also, not sure how to start a state return in the deluxe TurboTax version without outright paying for it first. I don't mind doing it but only if I must