topic Multi state issue in State tax filing

Multi state issue

Niac — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:18:01 GMT

I am trying to my state taxes. I worked in Illinois, but I live in Indiana. I finished my federal, and started with my nonresident state of Illinois. I go completely through it, after finishing Illinois, I get a message that I need to do Indiana. After completing Indiana, I get a message stating: Important: Complete your nonresident return(s) first. I started with my nonresident first, so I don't know why I am receiving this message. I tried to delete both, and start over, and I am still getting this message.

Re: Multi state issue

ErnieS0 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 04:10:11 GMT

TurboTax is giving you that message because you are entitled to a credit for Illinois tax paid on your Indiana return.

Try completing Illinois first again and then Indiana.

In Indiana, say YES when you get to Credit for Tax Paid to Other State or Country,
Select Work on Credit on About Credit for Tax Paid to Another State
On Tax Paid to Other States Summary you should see IL and a number for Total Tentative Credit.
If you do not, click EDIT and enter numbers from your IN tax summery.
To see your summary, select Tax Tools in the left column
Then Tools
Choose View Tax Summary in the center box
In the left column, choose IL Tax Summary
Write down your Taxable net income and IL tax
Click back and return to the IN

Re: Multi state issue

Niac — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:51:36 GMT

Thank you. I will try that!

Re: Multi state issue

thejessicka824 — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:23:45 GMT

Did that work for you? I'm having the same issue. Still says "Important: Complete your nonresident return(s) first" even though I've gone through it already.

Re: Multi state issue

Cynthiad66 — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:40:23 GMT

It is best to report non-resident state returns prior to your Home state return. The information from the Non-Resident returns are needed to allow credits for taxes paid to other states.

However, if you are still getting an error message after completing that action, your computer may need to clear history and cookies.

Try this:

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On rare occasions, they may make your browser think you already did something that you still need to do. To fix that, you'll need to delete (clear) the cookies from your browser.

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