topic Is my W2 wrong? Worked in two different states lived in another. in State tax filing

Is my W2 wrong? Worked in two different states lived in another.

Fisher78 — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:06:42 GMT

I am a resident of VA, I worked in CA as a non-resident for most of 2021, till about Sept 2021. Then in mid-November went back to the previous company but now based out of NY. I did my taxes and my W2 box 16 seems like it could be off since it implies paying a lot of state taxes to NY.

Box 16 is more money in NY (looks like whole time at company) while my CA is only a portion (looks more correct). Shouldn't my NY #16 be only the 6 week portion of my income.

Example(not real numbers):

Total income 53,000

CA State: 45,000

VA: 51,000

NY: 53,000

Shouldn't NY be closer to $8,000?

Re: Is my W2 wrong? Worked in two different states lived in another.

ErnieS0 — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:50:04 GMT

No. New York requires employers to report all your wages everywhere in W-2 Box 16. But that's NOT what you have to pay tax on.

To enter the New York wages:

Go to the New York in TurboTax Online.
Continue until you come to New York Income Allocation.
Say NO to Were all of your wages and/or self-employment income earned in New York State?
Say YES to Did you have any New York Wages?
Enter your employer’s name and the amount you earned in NY
On Allocate Wages to New York select 100% New York State income

Re: Is my W2 wrong? Worked in two different states lived in another.

Fisher78 — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:55:00 GMT

I am using the desktop version; it doesn't seem to let me only mark 30 days as worked in NY. Is there a glitch in the desktop verses the online?

Re: Is my W2 wrong? Worked in two different states lived in another.

ErnieS0 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 04:39:29 GMT

You can enter 30 in Number of days in period of employment. This is the total number of days you were in New York. On the next screen you will have to subtract weekends, holidays, etc. during that 30 day period.