@SteamTrain Thank you so much for taking the time to experiment with this and come up with an answer for me! I've been pulling my hair out.
I have two W-2s, one 1099-MISC, and one 1099-NEC. I paid my TurboTax fee and printed my return (did not mail it) before noticing this error, so TurboTax will not let me start over on my state returns. I'll go through the process from a different TTX account on the desktop software to see if I yield different results after inputting my information in a more careful order. Otherwise, yep, might have to hire an actual human to help me out with this. (Super frustrating since I already paid my TTX fee... you'd think the software would have flagged that my taxable income was somehow 162% of my gross income in reviewing my NC state return, but I digress.)
I moved from North Carolina to California last year, so this will be my last time filing in North Carolina. I look forward to leaving this part-year resident messiness behind me.
