I am in the military and i am living in Illinois, but my state of residence is New York. i should be state tax exempt as none

[ericroys87]

of my income was from NY. this has been the case for the past 8 years, but for some reason it is showing that i owe state taxes.

[KarenJ]

Please see a response from my colleague TurboTax Anthony who answered a similar question.

It's not as simple as just being stationed out of state.  It depends on the facts surrounding your residency.  Below is a link to a helpful guide from NY State on the topic and a link to the more detailed publication on the matter.  If you are a bona fide NY resident, then your income is likely taxable.  

An example of a situation of where your military income may not be taxable is if your permanent home was NY when you entered the military but then you left NY and now you maintain a permanent home outside of NY, have no home inside NY and have spent 30 days or less in NY during the tax year - then NY will consider you a nonresident for tax purposes and your income would not be taxable.

See the full details and requirements at the links below -

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/military_page.htm

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/publications/income/pub361.pdf