NY allocation of wages

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February 2, 2020
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I am a nonresident of New York. When asking for allocation of wages, it only allows you to choose between allocating by percentage or allocating by number of days. This makes sense if you are salary but I am paid hourly (and in fact only worked 2 days, or 26.5 hours in NY). My employer gave me an EXACT dollar amount for my wages in New York. Is there a way to just allocate an exact dollar amount?

JFRAHER

Level 7

Unfortunately, no. The easiest way in your case would be to allocate by percentage.

Divide your NY earnings by the total earnings for this employer. Enter the percentage.

Then continue through the rest of NY. At the end of the interview it will show total NY income. Make sure it is accurate.

steveb257

Level 2

I have a similar issue and was hoping for some advice. Nonresident NY filer but traveled to NY for working days. My NY W2 has BOX 16 with federal amount wages which is fine and in BOX 14 I have specific NY wages amount. However, when I use the days allocation method for the days I worked the amount allocated for NY wages does not match what is in BOX 14, it is less! Can I chose either not to allocate for this employer or just use the BOX 14 amount and say it was 100% of NY wages??

Additionally if filing a IT203 are you required to file a IT203B? The instructions indicate the below and I am confused.

Failure to complete Schedule A of Form IT-203-B (and
Form IT-203-F, if applicable) and submit it with your
return will delay the processing of your return and could
result in penalties and interest being charged.

JFRAHER

Level 7

NY will be looking for the amount in box 16 to be reported and allocated.

Since you do have a specified amount for NY actual wages (in box 14) it will be easier and more accurate to allocate by percentage.

Schedule A of form IT-203-B is the form used for this allocation.

lennygundam14

Level 2

what if you're military and your wages are military pay and it was made outside of NYS?

taxes_are_confusing

Level 2

This has been frustrating me as well. If I pick the "by days" method, the IT-203-B TurboTax is generating for me has my whole year income on it and I can't edit it without applying an override. From the IT-203-B instructions they clearly say to only include income from NY sources received as a non-resident, and if you moved to NY later in the year, to not include the resident amount on the form too.

If I pick the "by percent" method, there is no IT-203-B generated, and the instructions from IT-203 clearly say an IT-203-B is required to be filed if applicable.

I suspect I'll either have to apply the override or go with the "by percent" approach. Either way I'll probably have to print out my return and file by mail adding the additional IT-203-B that TurboTax won't generate.

steveb257

Level 2

Has anyone found an answer on this? Allocating by percent in Turbotax still does not generate a IT203b? If you have exact wages from employer (box 14 info) why do you need a IT203b days allocation form?