Non resident, retired, received Indiana income, do i owe state taxes

[mt5528]

I have already posted this question, but issue is still not resolved.

I retired in 2023, and moved from Indiana to Florida. In 2024 I received profit sharing payment from my former  Indiana employer

for year 2023. Employer deducted Indiana state and local taxes from my payment. Indiana tax law says that if I had income from the state than I have to file income taxes. That is fine, but should I receive all of my Indiana taxes back ?

TurboTax deluxe says that If I did not work nor live in Indiana in 2024, my Indiana income should be 0.

What do I do, is TurboTax not correct ? Or should I include Indiana income and ignore the error check, it reduces my return significantly ?

[KeshaH]

According to Indiana's rules, since this was a profit-sharing payment from a qualified plan, it'd only be considered Indiana income if you were a legal resident of Indiana at the time you received the payment. Since you lived in Florida when you received the payment, it'd be sourced to Florida.

Your Indiana income in this case should be zero. You will get a refund of the tax that you paid to Indiana.

[mt5528]

I actually received a W2 from the employer for the profit sharing payment. So, I think this is earnings, or wages and not a qualified plan ... Here is what google search says: 

Full-year nonresidents who received income from Indiana sources must file an Indiana individual income tax return (Form IT-40PNR). They are subject to tax on that part of their total federal income that is derived from or connected with Indiana sources.

TurboTax merely transferred the amount from federal return and put it in Column B as Indiana taxable income. And than, it realizes that I did not work or live there, and says my Indiana income should be 0.

I think this software is messed up. Is it possible ? I am royally confused.

[LenaH]

If this profit sharing payment was related to your services before you retired or an employment agreement you had previously, then it is Indiana source income. In this scenario, you would be subject to Indiana state tax.

On the Indiana screens, enter the following:

• 0 days worked in Indiana
• On the screen, Your Indiana wages, enter the amount of your Indiana sourced income. This screen should an amount that matches your W-2 income. By entering the full amount, you are allocating this income to the state of Indiana.

The Check This Entry screen will still populate, but should not prevent you from e-filing your return.  

@mt5528 

[mt5528]

Lena, thanks. This was exactly my issue. And it was a TurboTax problem !!!. It DID NOT allow me to file electronically with that error, it just kept coming back to the "Check This Entry screen". After me trying to include the amount as Indiana wages, it kept coming back and saying this box should be "0".  After doing this several times, and already have paid $25 for electronic filing, which it would not let me do otherwise, I gave in and left the amount at 0 assuming that TurboTax knows better. And this is how I filed it !!!. I am pretty upset about this. Quality of TurboTax software has gone down the tube ...

[mt5528]

Just as I thought. TurboTax was incorrect on not letting me report my Indiana income (see my previous posts). I got a letter from Indiana IRS on 04-13-24 (two days before filing date) saying my TurboTax filed return was wrong and I owe them money. I ended up hurrying up and filing an emended return using MANUAL FORMS. Mailed them out to Indianapolis on 04-14-24. And now, USPS tracking says my mail never got there !!!

I am beyond being upset with TurboTax / Intuit. Software has errors. Not only that my Indiana return was NOT correct, now I wonder if I got all of my money from federal return as well.

NEVER again TurboTax for me (and anyone I know). Not only that, I demand a refund for the software: $45.99 + $25 for Indiana filing = $71. By the way, amazon return expired on 01-31-25, way before I could ever even test the software. What a scam !

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