How to calculate NY income?

[HUANZHAO]

All my wages are from NY state, but I only lived in NY for about 2 months and moved to other states, NJ and WI, in 2020. Turbotax asks me "how much of the total income on W2 did you earn while living in New York?" Should it equal to (1) local wages in box 18, (2) total wages - WI state wages - NJ state wages, or (3) income/per day  * days I lived in NY? I tried these three methods but the numbers did not match. So I am confused which method is correct. Can someone help, please?

[ErnieS0 · Accepted solution]

New York requires employers to total wages earned everywhere as NY state wages in Box 16 of your W-2. You will have to adjust your wages in the New York section of TurboTax.

If you lived in New York City and have NYC wages in Box 18 of your W-2, that should be the same as the NY wage amount.

Do you have a total of NY wages from your pay stubs? That's another way to come up with a number.

Go to the New York in TurboTax Online.

•        Continue until you come to New York Income Allocation.

•        Say NO to Were all of your wages and/or self-employment income earned in New York State?

•        On Allocate Wages to New York say Yes to Wages and choose either a percentage or days method.

[HUANZHAO]

Thank you very much for your reply!