Unable to Enter Allocated Days for Detroit City Taxes (2023)

[Ruminator]

I am using TurboTax Deluxe and when I try to follow the instructions for Detroit nonresident tax allocation from TurboTax's site, I do not see the Working Days Allocation screen.  It goes straight to Prior Year's Tax Overpayment instead. I can't complete my taxes properly without being able to finish my city return.

[Ruminator]

I did take the off chance that it is an issue that the W2 didn't have anything filled in for box 18 (Local Wages, tips, etc.), just in case TurboTax code wasn't defaulting to box 16 (State wages), but that didn't change the behavior. 

There is something wrong with TurboTax for Detroit returns.

[Ruminator · Accepted solution]

I had to call to get assistance.  Based on information from this older question, the import of my W2 put a lot more into Box 20 than just the city of Detroit.  Once that field was cleared up to just say DETROIT, it was able to continue and enter my allocated days.

[Jimbo25]

Did you get a resolution to this?  I called turbotax support, and was basically told that they made a bunch of changes this year, and this was one of them. When i asked how to do resolve this, i was told she didn't know, and would have to submit this to tier 2.  But since i never got the email with my case number, i am guessing she never actually sent anything up. 

[LindaS5247]

I assume you imported your W-2.

If you imported it, try deleting it and entering it manually.

Make sure Boxes 18-20 are input correctly. 

You can do this as follows:

To delete a W-2 entry:

• Open your return in TurboTax.(To do this, sign in to TurboTax and click the blue Take me to my return button.)
• Using the search feature in the upper right, search for "w-2" (lower case, with or without the dash) and
• Click the "Jump to" link in the search results.A W-2 screen will open.
• On this screen you can delete the W-2 entry

Click here for information on how to enter your Form W-2.

Please feel free to come back to TurboTax Community with additional information or questions or click here for help in contacting Turbo Tax Support.

[Jimbo25]

I am a non resident who works in detroit.   I did the recommended w2 upload.  I followed your advice, and deleted the w2 upload and manually entered everything and it worked this time. I previously tried deleting just the city information and manually entering it  (Which didnt work) I am not sure why Turbotax support could not figure that out, and help me.

Thanks for the help in getting this done.

[LindaS5247]

I'm glad this worked for you.