Hello,
I am a full time resident of MI and sold a rental house in MN in 2023. Do I pay capital gains on the profit in MI, where I live or MN, the state where the house is located?
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In general a state will tax you if you 1) live in that state; 2) earn money in that that; or 3) make money from property in that state.
So it appears that you file and pay in both MI/MN but your MI will give you a credit for the tax paid to the other state.
See the MI 1040 instructions page 10, for line 18.
I haven't reviewed the MN instructions, so you should double check those.
I would do the MN return first in TT, then do your resident state last. When doing the MN return you will (if it is like other states I've seen) indicate for each piece of income (wages, interest, dividends, capital gain, etc.) whether it came from MN sources. If you didn't live in MN only the rental property would be MN sourced.
Then do the MI return. They carefully review the forms to see how how it works. If you don't have the right numbers on one of the returns redo the interview. I would be looking on the MN return to see that you were only taxed on the rental sale (and any rental income prior to the sale). On the MI return I would be looking to see if the line 18 numbers look like you're getting the credit for any MN tax liability.
Do note that I am not a MN/MI tax expert. I just googled and quickly read the instructions. You should do you own research and/or consult a tax professional to make a decision as to how to proceeded.
The sale of rental property is somewhat complicated because of your prior depreciation and any allocation you make to non-real estate items included in the sale (appliances, furnishings, etc.). The above doesn't get into any of that.
Here are some prior discussions that are similar:
Thank you for the reply. One more question: Do I report the capital gains on both the MN and the MI returns or just the MN return? I assume I enter the value in Line 18 on the MI-1040 to claim the credit in MI for the taxes paid to MN.
Both, and yes, your resident state will give you credit for taxes paid to the nonresident state. You only need to enter the sale on the federal return. TurboTax transfers your income automatically to your state return(s). When you go through the MN return, you will tell TurboTax which income items belong to MN - so only select the items related to the sale of the rental home in MN.
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