Live in different states

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
February 16, 2021
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I lived in Colorado for the entire 2020 calendar year. My wife lived in Minnesota the entire year. When I go to do Minnesota state tax the taxes and credits summary page says our Minnesota taxable income is $127,000. My wife's Minnesota income was $73,500. I had no Minnesota taxable income.

DavidD66

Level 15

You have to allocate the applicable portion of your Federal income to Minnesota in the state tax return. There is a screen in the Minnesota tax return where you do that allocation. See screenshot below.

Minnesota Income Allocation

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robdhallAuthor

Level 2

I did that but the taxes and summary page shows an additional $54000 for Minnesota Taxable income.

KathrynG3

Level 14

Check what was entered for the Colorado allocation. The taxpayer's state of residence on December 31, 2020 should be entered last.

Since you are getting unexpected results, if you did not enter them in this sequence, I recommend deleting the states entirely and re-entering them using that sequence.

For more details, see: How do I file a nonresident state return?