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The returns are calculated correctly. The Schedule NR on the Illinois (IL) return is completed correctly and exemptions are allowed  before taxing the income.    The IL return reduces the wage income by an exemption allowance on Schedule NR and so the actual income being taxed is lower than your wages as you discovered. When you go to the Indiana (IN) return the lower income is being used to determine if the tax to IN is below the tax charged in IL.    The calculations are correct on both tax returns. The credit may be less than you were expecting.   State Returns - Your resident state requires you to include all worldwide income. Assume both states require income tax returns to be filed:  Report the income on each state return that is from the nonresident state Report it on your resident state and receive credit for taxes paid to another state. Credit for taxes paid to another state is allowed by a resident state when the same income is being taxed to another state.  Your resident state does not want you to pay tax twice on the same income. The credit that is allowed will be the lesser of: the tax liability actually charged by the nonresident state, OR the tax liability that would have been charged by your resident state Please update here if you have additional questions.   @Mikes20222022

I have had similar income YoY over the last 3 years and my state return has been consistent and quite positive (it usually offsets my federal amount due). This year, it s almost nothing. The rate applied is also much higher than what i can find online as applicable tax rates for NY and NYC (i.e. it over-estimates my state tax owed by a meaningful amount) 

All of my institutions are on the partners list, but I'm using Turbo Tax desktop and each time a new browser window opens and I am asked to input credentials.  I do so and Import the data, and I get the response that tax data has been downloaded and I can continue to Turbo Tax.  However, the screen in Turbo Tax desktop has not changed, and I can only "Continue" the import process which re-opens a browser screen, or to "Skip Import".  The data doesn't actually get into Turbo Tax desktop even when I close out and re-open, the data has not been imported.  So I am stuck in a loop of constantly being asked to import and input credentials with out any next step being provided after I get the confirmation that the data has supposedly been imported.  

No.  Online is only good for 1 return per account.  Don’t use your account or you will overwrite your return and it will be gone.  And you have to pay for each account separately so it might get expensive.   You can start another return in TurboTax Online by: Logging out if you are in your account Choose what TurboTax Online product you want to use for the second return Create your account screen Set up a new login for the second return Start working on the new return

I found out last year (TT2024) that TT is correct to limit deductions to 50% of AGI. If you donate 100% cash, you can deduct 60%. But if any of your deductions are non-cash, then the limit falls to 50%. I know this does not make sense, but I found out it is actually the IRS rule, sad to say.

Try entering 0 for the AGI. The IRS might have processed your return later so the AGI didn't get entered in time.  Especially if you mailed it.  That works for most people. See, https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/rejections/help/what-if-i-entered-the-correct-agi-and-i-m-still-getting-an-e-file-reject/00/27031 How to correct the AGI in the Online version https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/agi/help/where-do-i-correct-my-agi-in-turbotax-online/00/26311 If you can’t get it to efile you will have to print and mail it. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/printing/help/how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online/00/26258 Be sure to attach copies of your W2s and any 1099s that have withholding on them.  You have to mail federal and state in separate envelopes because they go to different places.  Get a tracking number from the post office when you mail them for proof of filing.

The amount on line 5(a) on Schedule A would be the amount of state income or sales taxes you paid during 2025, not your tax liability for the year. So, you would have to include your tax withheld as reported on your W-2 forms and other tax statements as well as state taxes paid in 2025 from your 2024 state income tax return. You would also include any state estimated taxes paid in 2025. Thus, it is the tax paid in, not your tax liability on your 2025 state tax return.