New York State filing

[jtmccue]

Six months after filing my daughters '21 NY filing ( she had 3 states of taxable income that Covid year),  she gets a letter from NY stating that she owes an aboutl $400 more  based upon a IT-203 line 43  division calculation ( IT-203  line 31: state tax amount divided by line 31 federal amount).  Third grade division and  Turbotax calculated 88.85% . My HP-12C came up with 88.85 as well.

But NYS somehow came up with 99.22%.   This I dont understand. Is this new math or inventive math???  (Alternate math as things are said these days)

The NYS letter makes no correction for any other prior number in the return. NYS doesn't argument against the numbers on Line 31 - fed or state . Nor do thy argue  the taxable income value .

So how does one speak basic math to alternative math at the NYS tax dept??? 

[tagteam · Accepted solution]

You are going to have to contact the State Department of Taxation and Finance.

https://www.tax.ny.gov/help/contact

[billnet2]

May/may not be helpful...

I think the key questions would be in what state(s) did your daughter reside in 2021, did she move residences during the tax year, what states did she derive income from and whether any of the income was a "new" income source for 2021 (vs. 2020).  I understand New York is assuming legacy tax status on income, meaning if it was NY taxable in 2020, it would continue in 2021. 

[jtmccue]

I will look up your  "legacy" comments  Yes she did live in 3 states- income from unemployment , then a new employer in IIRC during the third Qtr.and then moved to the third state . Ive prorated out all the states and they nor NYS  had not expressed any change  of the numbers used in the line 31 proration calculation. IF those number are not noted by NYS as incorrect, then their division is just wrong 

Will prolly need to spend hours on the phone  with NYS to try resolve this.

[BILLNET]

see if this helps any....good luck...NY is tough (dense).

https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresident-faqs.htm#telecommuting