confused about city taxes

[Anonymous]

Hi i'm stuck and confused on city of detroit taxes.  In 2019 I lived only about 4 months then I moved to Wayne, MI.  I have never worked in the city of detroit, but they took out local wages and taxes.  I am not sure how to do part residency even though I am in turbo tax I still not sure what to enter.  I tried one way and it said I owed 400 plus dollars...and I never owed any detroit taxes I always got a refund...and plus i never worked in detroit and I don't live in detroit anymore.  I was looking back on my 2018  taxes to see if maybe I can figure out how to do the city taxes...but then I did live in detroit but still not work in detroit...so I'm not sure.  But I see on it that it had deductions for school interest and taxes that was taken out for detroit.  I don't see where to put that on 2019 city of taxes.  Then I went back in city of detroit and selected exempt pay not sure what that is but now it says I get like the 412 of taxes that was taken out for midet local.  I'm so confused and not know what to do.  I know all this sounds confusing sorry about that because right now my head is killing me and I want to do this right but I can't see how I can owe the city of detroit taxes when I never worked in detroit but it have local wages and local taxes taken out on my w2 form.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Jan

[KathrynG3]

Generally, you would owe Detroit tax for the time you were a resident. Only allocate that time frame to Detroit. The rest of the earnings are non-Detroit.

You will be filing Form 5120, City of Detroit Part-Year Resident Income Tax Return. Click the link for the Part Year Detroit Resident Tax Return Instructions. This link is for Form 5120 so you can see what form will be filed.

To review what is entered in TurboTax:

From left menu>State>Continue>Michigan click Edit>Go Over Michigan>

Which Cities Did you Live or Work in?>Check the box for I need a Detroit City return and I file as a Detroit Part-year Resident.

There will be a series of questions you can answer if you haven't already and/or click Continue through these>

On the screen A few things before we wrap up your state taxes Click Revisit next to Michigan city tax>verify you have a check next to Detroit>Continue>I file as a part-year resident>Continue>Enter the dates you lived in Detroit and click Continue and/or update the rest of the questions.

When you are ready to file, TurboTax electronically files Michigan and Detroit. 

Double-check your PDF of your returns to see that it was sent when you save your 2019 tax files. TurboTax will walk you through that process when you e-file. 

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your help Kathryn.  All the things you said I had already did.  I had downloaded the forms and thought maybe I could do the detroit on there first but that stuff goes over my head.  I look over my 2018 taxes for Detroit and they had amount in there for deductions student loan interest and amount of taxes I paid to detroit then.  But in 2018 I live there a full year...different for 2019.  I see on my W2 it shows how much wages and taxes for  the months I did live in Detroit...but I never worked in Detroit.  When I did the detroit turbtax something missing bc it said I owed 400 plus dollars and I know that can't be right. But when I did exempt pay I think that what it was called then detroit owed me the 412 the amount I paid them for taxes.  So I don't see where in the city taxes part-time year where to put the taxes I paid to detroit...I think that is why it say  I owed because I not put that in somewhere and I don't see where to put for my student loan interest info either.  I will leave it alone and try again to figure it out.  At least I know what amount of my wages are for detroit and tax amount I paid I see that on my w2 form.  Thank you for your time and trying to help me I appreciate that greatly.

Janice