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I donated 82 shares of NIC stock to my church.  While entering the donation in Turbo Tax, it walks me through all the screens.  I entered the value of the donation using the IRS method of average daily price on day it settled.  I chose Avg Share Price when asked what valuation method I used.   It then asked for cost basis, name of the stock, how & when acquired, etc.    The next screen then says:  Tell us how Sacred Heart Parish  will use your donated item It looks like your donation went up in value. We can use the higher value if Sacred Heart Parish Appleton used your item for something related to what the charity does. For example, if you donated art to a museum, it would be displayed in the museum. Will Sacred Heart Parish  use your donation in a way that’s related to what they do? Yes     So the text in blue above is what i am questioning.  How could I get a higher value?  Anyway, the next screen then asks about unusual situations, none of which apply.   This brings me to the screen that I am questioning: TT asks me to enter the average trading price.   Am I supposed to enter the average share price that I used for valuation?  I already told TT the total value, and the number of shares.   This screen is confusing me strictly because it comes after TT tells me my stock went up in value and I might qualify for a larger donation deduction.      So what do I enter here, and how could I possibly qualify for a higher deduction than the average trading price on the day the stock was received by the charity?   To get through the screen i simply entered the avg price on day  it settled.  It came up with the same value I had originally told TT earlier in the walk through.  There was no explanation of any kind how or why I might be able to claim a higher value.  

Hello,   I received my 2025 W-2 today and I believe it may have wrong information. I am hoping that a member of the community can help me understand New York state tax requirements.  In 2025, I lived and worked in North Carolina until the end of July. (I had submitted my resignation letter in mid-July and my final day of employment in North Carolina was July 24th.) About a week later, I relocated to New York.  My former employer included income for both North Carolina and New York on my W-2. These amounts are listed in box 16 (one on top of the other). However, I never worked for the company while living in New York. That said, I did receive my final bonus after separation (from a prior quarter). The amount of the bonus was significantly less than the state wage amount shown in box 16 for New York.  I called HR at my former company and was told that even though I never worked for the company while living in New York, they have to report the North Carolina source income to New York now that I live here.  Can someone confirm if this is accurate?  Thanks in advance!