Primary Office Changed From NY to Virtual Employee In PA - Can I Allocate Taxes Owed NY

[BBGirl]

I have a NY employer and usually pay NY state tax (for several years) but the company moved and downsized their NY office space so I was given ability to become a full-time virtual employee from PA. As of July 1, 2019 I discontinued paying NY state tax and exclusively began paying PA tax. In reading the tax laws surrounding "convenience of the employer test", I'm not so sure now I can allocate 50% of the year to NY state and 50% of the year to PA. The tax program immediately flags my work from home days [Worked Outside of New York at Home] as 100% NY state income. Do I instead just put those days in the [Outside Of New York] to get the proper credit ? Or do I have to bite the bullet and now pay 6 months of missing NY state taxes ? Thanks In Advance

[DaveF1006]

No you shouldn't need to bite the bullet.  Try this !!

As you go through your NY questions, you should reach a screen that says:

!) New York income allocation. If it asks if all your wages were earned in NY, say no.

2) At W2 summary,  indicate done

3) If it asks about the from 203-F, say no

4) Scroll through the questions when it asks for NY resident income.  Here you can determine how much of those wages were earned while a resident of NY. The best way is to determine how many days you lived in NY xxx. Then take a ratio of (xxx/365)(total income of the W2).  whatever amount of that income is is what is taxed in NY.