Also, I filed jointly with my husband. My husband worked for a GA company during the whole year. if we do qualify for "credit for tax paid to another state" should i add his income and tax in GA there?
And I don't understand what "allocate your illinois and non-illinois amount" means. Under Illinois amount, should i provide how much i received when I lived in IL? "non-illinois amount" means the amount i received in GA when i lived in IL?
thank you!
The credit paid to another state is only available if you're taxed on the same income. From your statements, it appears you were taxed only on the income you earned while a resident of that particular state.
In regards to your husband, if he was a resident of GA the whole year, his W-2 should only have GA income tax withheld.
Allocation means to assign income to the state you were living in when you earned it. We'll either ask you to separate the income you earned or to verify the allocation amounts we already calculated for you.
Allocating your income shouldn’t be too difficult, but it can involve some math.
You'll need to determine if the income you're allocating is earned or unearned, as these are handled differently:
Related Information:
thanks for your explanation. to make it clear, if i was taxed only on the income i earned while a resident of that particular state. for the "credit for tax paid to another state" part, i can just leave it blank, right? thank you again for you help.
Yes, that is correct! You were not taxed on the same income by two different states.
Here's more info on filing Multiple States.