The amounts withelf look like nNYState and local income, as well as SDUI but uner #15 is says South Carolina with an ID number. How do I get thkis corrected
With SC in box 15 the income and withholding was reported to SC. There will be no correction; the W2 is reporting what the employer already did. On your tax return, however, you get to pay the right taxes to the right states.
NY, your non-resident state, only taxes NY source income. SC is your resident state and taxes income no matter where it is earned. However, you can claim a credit on your resident SC return for taxes paid to another state to mitigate the double taxation.
As @PaulaM stated you will need to file a non-resident NY return to report the income earned in NY and since there was no withholding you will likely owe a tax there. Once you complete the NY non-resident return take note of the income taxed and the NY tax liability. Those are the numbers TurboTax will use to help you claim a credit on your resident SC return.
The SC withholding and the credit for taxes paid to another state will reduce any SC tax you may owe and possibly yield a refund depending on your other income and withholding amounts.
Here are the steps to generate the NY non-resident return.
You'll have to file a NY nonresident return to pay or receive a refund if applicable. Then SC will give a credit paid to another state on its return. Complete the nonresident return first.
thank you, the problem is I don't know which state the tax was paid to, New Yok state where the income is from or south Carolina where I live now. The person preparing my taxes says it looks like it was paid to South Carolina, when it really should have been paid to NYS. I can't get an answer from the place that issued the W2 as my former place of employment went bankrupt and these are ocassional checks we receive. Its not a lot of money but I want to be sure its reported correctly
With SC in box 15 the income and withholding was reported to SC. There will be no correction; the W2 is reporting what the employer already did. On your tax return, however, you get to pay the right taxes to the right states.
NY, your non-resident state, only taxes NY source income. SC is your resident state and taxes income no matter where it is earned. However, you can claim a credit on your resident SC return for taxes paid to another state to mitigate the double taxation.
As @PaulaM stated you will need to file a non-resident NY return to report the income earned in NY and since there was no withholding you will likely owe a tax there. Once you complete the NY non-resident return take note of the income taxed and the NY tax liability. Those are the numbers TurboTax will use to help you claim a credit on your resident SC return.
The SC withholding and the credit for taxes paid to another state will reduce any SC tax you may owe and possibly yield a refund depending on your other income and withholding amounts.
Here are the steps to generate the NY non-resident return.