Reject Code AL40-050 After Recent Move

[AustinHaikes777]

Hello!

Just got married. Wife worked in Tennessee and moved to Alabama late November 2022. She did not work in Alabama. Her Tennesee W2 is combining with mine and is merging the two in our form 40 state return in the adjusted gross income.

"Total Alabama Wages, Form 40 Pg. 1, line 5, must equal the total amount of all State Wages (including Wages Earned Out of State) as reported in Box 16 of the NEW ELF 2010 (4) STATE WAGE AND LOCALITY Federal 1040 W-2 (State Wages 1, State Wages 2, State Wages 3 and State Wages 4)"

How do I fix this?

[TeresaM]

Tennessee does not have an individual state return, so she will not need to file there for her Form W-2 wages. 

Because she is a Part-Year Resident and you will want to allocate your income between Alabama sourced income and other income, if you wish to file jointly for Alabama, do it as a Part-Year Resident on Form 40. 

1. First, please check My Info in the Federal return and be sure the box is checked for Made money in another state
2. Then go to the States section and click on the delete icon for Alabama, so we can pull in fresh data from the federal return
3. Then Add a State for Alabama again and be sure to answer that you will be Part-Year Residents
4. On the income allocation screen, it will use federal income as a base and ask you to note if it is Alabama sourced
5. Select your income as Alabama based and her Form W-2 income as not.