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Unemployment taxes withheld from wrong state

I live in Wisconsin and work in Illinois.  We are reciprocal states so I have never have had any trouble with that at tax time.  This year, I collected unemployment from Illinois for the first time. They withheld both federal and state taxes on my 1099G.  The state taxes were withheld from Illinois, not Wisconsin, so when I filed my state taxes I had to pay again for Wisconsin. Does anyone know what forms I need to fill out to get the Illinois withholdings refunded? I don't have a W-2 or anything else from Illinois.  only a 1099G. 

I started filling out a Schedule NR and a 1040 but got confused along the way.  Do I just leave everything blank on the 1040 other than the line about the 1099? Is there a different form I need?

 

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KrisD15
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Unemployment taxes withheld from wrong state

File the non-resident Illinois return FIRST in the TurboTax program. 

Next file for Wisconsin. 

You will pay Illinois tax on the Unemployment.

You will also be taxed on the Unemployment by Wisconsin HOWEVER you should also get a credit for the Illinois tax paid. This is so you are not double-taxed on the income, although the Illinois Tax might be higher. 

The program needs to know the Illinois tax first so it can credit it on the Wisconsin return. 

 

 

According to the State of Wisconsin:

"​​Wisconsin residents who work in Illinois are generally not subject to Illinois income tax on wages earned in Illinois due to a reciprocity agreement. The reciprocity agreement only applies to compensation paid to an employee for personal services. It does not apply to other types of income, including unemployment compensation.

A Wisconsin resident who had been employed in Illinois may be receiving unemployment compensation from the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Illinois law provides that unemployment compensation paid by the Illinois Department of Employment Security to a nonresident of Illinois is taxable to Illinois.

The unemployment compensation paid to the Wisconsin resident may also be taxable to Wisconsin. Under Wisconsin law, a Wisconsin resident who is required to pay an income tax to both Wisconsin and Illinois on the unemployment compensation from the Illinois Department of Employment Security may be able to claim a credit for tax paid to Illinois. The credit is allowed to the extent the unemployment compensation is taxable to both states. Wisconsin may tax all, a portion, or none of the unemployment compensation, depending on income level. The amount of unemployment compensation taxable to a Wisconsin resident is determined using the Unemployment Compensation Worksheet found in the Wisconsin Income Tax Form 1 Instructions."

 

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Unemployment taxes withheld from wrong state

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