I moved to NV in 2017. My job made a clerical error (that has since been corrected) but they took out AZ State taxes from my check for the whole year. AZ DOR gave me three different answers. They tried to tell me to fill out a form, then they said don't file a state return, then they told me that the money belongs to AZ even though I haven't been there in almost 2 years. NV does not have a state tax. Can somebody help me?
When you prepare your Federal return, answer everything truthfully about living and working only in NV, and enter W-2 just as it appears.
When done with Federal, choose to do an AZ return. The program will verify you are doing a Nonresident Return. You cannot directly change the earnings. And you will have to go through all the screens. You will, though, eventually come to a screen asking if you have any other subtraction adjustments. You can enter the amount of Box 1 earnings from the W-2, and can enter a description along the lines of "Wrong state tax withheld in error for NV resident and worker." That produces an AZ nonresident return with no AZ source income and a full refund of tax withheld. This method may pass e-filng for you.
Don't be surprised if you get a letter much later, maybe as much as a year, from AZ telling you that your employer needs to issue a corrected W-2. That's what really needs to happen even if your employer doesn't want to do it. Such a corrected W-2 would require a mailed return, not an e-filed one. Even if your return is accepted and paid doing what I suggested, i would still really push for that corrected W-2 just so you have it on record.
It is absolutely untrue that you ow AZ any money, and you are due a full refund of tax withheld.
When you prepare your Federal return, answer everything truthfully about living and working only in NV, and enter W-2 just as it appears.
When done with Federal, choose to do an AZ return. The program will verify you are doing a Nonresident Return. You cannot directly change the earnings. And you will have to go through all the screens. You will, though, eventually come to a screen asking if you have any other subtraction adjustments. You can enter the amount of Box 1 earnings from the W-2, and can enter a description along the lines of "Wrong state tax withheld in error for NV resident and worker." That produces an AZ nonresident return with no AZ source income and a full refund of tax withheld. This method may pass e-filng for you.
Don't be surprised if you get a letter much later, maybe as much as a year, from AZ telling you that your employer needs to issue a corrected W-2. That's what really needs to happen even if your employer doesn't want to do it. Such a corrected W-2 would require a mailed return, not an e-filed one. Even if your return is accepted and paid doing what I suggested, i would still really push for that corrected W-2 just so you have it on record.
It is absolutely untrue that you ow AZ any money, and you are due a full refund of tax withheld.