As @MarilynG stated above, you must file a Non-Resident return for the state that you did not live in. Your taxes will be refunded from that return. You will receive credit for the taxes you paid to the wrong state on your home state return.
Filing a Nonresident State Tax Return
Make sure you prepare all nonresident returns before your resident state return, to ensure proper calculations. Also, make sure you select the state long form(s) even if TurboTax selects the short form(s) for you.
Tip: If you are preparing a nonresident state return solely to recover tax that was withheld in error, enter 0 on the screen that asks for the income earned in that state. This will eliminate your tax liability for that state, resulting in a full refund.
If you live and work in a Reciprocal State, you may only need to complete Step 3.
- Prepare your federal tax return first, then as you begin each state return;
- Your federal return data transfers into your state return, and
- TurboTax learns that you need to file each state return.
- Prepare a return for the nonresident state(s). Only report the income and withholdings from that state.
- Prepare a return for your resident state. You will report all of your income, including income from any nonresident (or part-year) states.
- Take a credit for taxes paid to the nonresident state on your resident state return so that you won't get double-taxed on the same income.
TurboTax calculates the credit for you, but you must select the state's long form to get the option, even if TurboTax chooses the short form for you.
Example: if you live in Kansas but work in neighboring Missouri, you would file a nonresident Missouri return in addition to your usual (resident) Kansas return. You'd then take a credit for any taxes you paid to Missouri on your Kansas return
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