I was separated from my company in 2018, while living in Michigan. Then my Severance pay was stopped due to the company filing for bankruptcy. In 2021 I moved from Michigan to Florida. I changed my address with my Pension Department, so all correspondence comes to Florida. Late in 2022 I received a check from a company working on the Bankruptcy, but they took out state taxes for Michigan, and subsequently filed the W2 with a Michigan Address. I still own the Michigan home as a 2nd home. I believe that I can simply file a Michigan Tax Return for 2022, and indicate that the money from the W2 was NOT attributable to Michigan, thus allowing me to get a refund of all taxes paid to Michigan from the Bankruptcy Severance Pay judgement. Please advise on whether this is the proper way to handle this or not.
Thanks,
Yes, if Florida is your state of residence which has no personal income tax and you've lived there as a resident since 2021; then you may claim your taxes paid back as a nonresident of Michigan. Be sure to do your nonresident state first, then your resident state tax return last. Once you have started your Michigan return and go through the interview and are done with income, you will see a similar page both in the online and desktop versions. This is where you allocate how much was made in Michigan or not. If no wages, etc. were reportable to Michigan, you would put a zero there.