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Can't even start Turbo Tax. Problem on date moved to New Residence (New State)

I already changed the new State residence.  Turbo Tax asks the date we moved to the new state.  We signed the lease of a new house starting January 1, 2021 and it keeps on asking me to put the date we moved into the new state.

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DMarkM1
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Can't even start Turbo Tax. Problem on date moved to New Residence (New State)

The first question is what was your resident state on 31 Dec 2020?  The next question is did you live in any other states besides the one in the first question in 2020?  If yes, you will enter the date you began residence in the state you were resident in (question 1) on 31 Dec 2020. 

 

If you didn't move until 2021, your new state would not be on your 2020 return. 

 

Your current mailing address will not affect the residency questions.  

 

 

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Can't even start Turbo Tax. Problem on date moved to New Residence (New State)

Signing the lease doesn't mean you moved yet.  

 

The state you were a resident of on 31 Dec is the controlling factor, so you had to physically move between states before 1 Jan 2021.

 

Now if you moved to a temporary residence/apartment in the new state earlier in 2020, then you can use that date as your "move" date.    Otherwise, you were  a resident of the former state for the whole year of 2020.

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Now, it certainly is possible to move into a new residence on 1 Jan 2021...in that case, you don't indicate a move for 2020 either...and are considered a full-year resident of the former state....with no "move" involved.  Then when you file 2021 taxes in early 2022, you are a full-yr resident of the new state with no "move" involved.     Of course, either state may have questions later about why you never filed a part-year tax return, so you'd better keep receipts/charges....all receipts possibly needed to show you moved on 1 January....and had charges in the new state on 1 Jan and the days after.  I have no idea what proof they would really want.....just a guess.

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Your current mailing address is immaterial, and does not control anything for  indicating a move.....the mailing address is just where you are now.

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*

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