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Your wife would file as a part-year resident in Illinois (reporting income earned while she was an IL resident), and a part-year resident in Ohio starting from the date she moved there. You would file as a full-year Ohio resident if you lived there the entire year.

A T. Rowe Price representative just contacted us to let us know that the problem is resolved. We opened TurboTax, updated the software and now you have two choices for importing from T. Rowe Price; one is for T Rowe Price Mutual funds, the other T Rowe Price Brokerage - the missing import option. We tried it and it worked for us. I hope it works for everyone.

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The principle is that you owe tax to the state where you live and to the state(s) where you work. If you indeed moved to Idaho in October 2025 (i.e., you changed your mailing address, your voter registration, your vehicle registration, opened utility bills, told your friends you had moved, set up mail forwarding with the Post Office, etc.), then please see this paragraph about non-residents and part-year residents in the Idaho instructions (page 2). Every part-year resident with a total of more than $2,500 gross income from either or both of these:  *All sources while a resident  *Idaho sources while a nonresident Now, your income was not from Idaho sources, so the question is, were you a resident of Idaho for the last 3 months? If you were a resident and you made more than $2,500 during that time (even if in Washington State), then you must file a part-year return for Idaho.   Please note that Form 43 in Idaho is the "Part-year Resident and Nonresident Income Tax Return", so if you are directed this way, this is correct.

This can happens if the sale was entered once in the general Rental Income/Expenses section and again in the specific Depreciation/Asset section.   First, check if the math is actually wrong or just confusing. The sale of a rental is split: The portion of your gain equal to the depreciation (recapture) you took is taxed at ordinary rates (capped at 25%) and appears on Form 4797, Part III. Any profit above your original purchase price is a capital gain and appears on Schedule D. For example, you are being double-taxed if your total gain (Sale Price minus Adjusted Basis) is $100k, and your tax summary shows $100k in Capital Gains PLUS $30k in Recapture. But, if they total $100k combined, the software is working correctly.   In TurboTax Business, users often report the sale in the "Sale of Business Property" interview and also mark the asset as "Sold" in the Depreciation section. This creates two separate versions of the same sale. If this is the case, here is how to fix it: Go to the Federal Taxes tab -> Income -> Rental Real Estate. Look for the section "Sale of Property / Depreciation". Make sure you didn't enter the sale under "Sale of Business Property" if you already marked the individual assets (Building, Land, Improvements) as sold within the Asset Summary. It is better to report the sale through the Asset Entry section. When you mark an asset as "Sold" there, TurboTax automatically generates the 4797 and carries the numbers to Schedule D.   If you have used Overrides, you might have "broken" the background calculation, which is why your numbers won't flow to Form 4797. Overrides in TurboTax often disable the automated links between forms. Here's how you can reset it: Switch to Forms Mode (top right). Locate Form 4797 and Form 8949 in the list on the left. If they contain red "Override" marks, right-click the field and select "Cancel Override". If the numbers are still wrong, delete Form 4797 entirely from the Forms list (File -> Remove Form 4797). Go back to Step-by-Step mode and re-enter the sale info for the assets. Deleting the form forces the software to re-calculate from scratch. Another common error taxpayers make is that Land is not depreciable and should never have recapture. Ensure that when you enter the sale, you have allocated the sales price between the Building and the Land separately. If you put the full sales price on the Building asset, you will have more recapture than you should.

Illinois requires that you must have your Federal amended return approved and finalized prior to filing the amended Illinois return.  Since your return will generate a Federal refund, you will need to wait until that refund is received before filing Illinois amended return.  You can select that you will file Illinois later when you go to file the Federal amended return.   Once you are cleared to file your Illinois amended return, you will check the box for Federal change and enter the date of acceptance.  Box C will be checked yes since you did do a Federal amendment.  You may need to file Illinois by mail since you need to have the Federal finalization - an IRS account transcript of the amendment will serve as the Federal finalization.   See Illinois Amended FAQ for more information

Still error on Fed tax side on amending so followed your instructions and cleared cache and cookies, then even did re download per instruction...and still shows owing $21000 federal when in reality I should owe $134 from over refunded Fed $ received (and about same to state).

Still error on Fed tax side on amending so followed your instructions and cleared cache and cookies, then even did  re download per instruction...and still shows owing $21000 federal when in reality I should owe $134 from over refunded Fed $ received (and about same to state).  

No, this doesn't count as earned income for the question "Did you provide over half of your own support with earned income during 2025? You can answer this question "yes" as a result.   This is mentioned in Publication 501, which mentions "A scholarship received by a child who is a student isn't taken into account in determining whether the child provided more than half of his or her own support". This is mentioned in the Qualifying Child section under a subheading titled Support Test.