How do I prevent TurboTax from deducting my moving expenses from two states?

[jygrinberg]

I moved from California to Massachusetts in 2019. In "My Info", I entered this information. In "Federel", I entered the total moving expenses. 

Since I moved FROM California TO Massachusetts, I should deduct the moving expenses from Massachusetts only. The final tax forms generated end up deducting the same moving expenses from both California and Massachusetts.

In the CA state section, for the "Moving Expenses" question, I tried both "I moved OUT of California, or I moved AFTER moving out of California, in connection with my new job" and also "I moved wholly OUTSIDE of California." Regardless of which of these options I click, the moving expenses are still printed in Schedule CA (540NR) Section III Line 13. Is this a bug? Perhaps part of the bug is that when I return to the aforementioned "Moving Expenses" section, it has the first option ("I moved INTO California, or WITHIN California, in connection with my new job") selected, even though I've never clicked this option.

[KathrynG3]

Yes, you need to adjust California since you were moving OUT of California.

See 2019 California 540NR Instructions page  49 which states:

California law and federal law are no longer the same for moving expenses. If you moved:

• Into California in connection with your new job, enter the amount from line 13, column D, in line 13, column E.

• Out of California in connection with your new job, enter -0- on line 13, column E.

If you moved out of California in connection with your new job and received compensation from that job attributable to a California source, your moving expense adjustment will be limited by the ratio of California source compensation from the new job to total compensation from the new job.