City Tax Form Problems

[StevenHubbell]

Attempting to complete a non-resident income tax form for East Lansing, MI, and have run into several problems. How do I report this?

Problem 1 - I paid quarterly taxes, but there is no place to enter that, so it says I owe the entire amount instead of a refund I'm due.

Problem 2 - I entered the number of work days I was employed (260), and then entered the number of days that should be excluded (121) for leave, holidays, work from home, plus I'm a federal employee and we had a 6 week shutdown, but the software is not excluding those days and says I owe tax for the entire year. 

I'm using TurboTax 2025 desktop for Mac.

Thank you.

[MonikaK1]

1-You can enter estimated local taxes you paid in the Federal section, under Deductions & Credits, Estimated Taxes, Estimates. There is a line in Estimates for Local Estimated Taxes for 2025.

2-I am not able to test a Michigan return in Mac at this time. However, since the East Lansing return has to be printed and mailed, you could make any other needed edits directly on the form if needed. Contact the office of the East Lansing Tax Administrator with any questions about their form.

In order for us to troubleshoot this issue, you can send us a “diagnostic” file that has your “numbers” but not your personal information. If you would like to do this, here are the instructions for TurboTax Desktop users:

1. From the black bar at the top of your screen, select Online
2. Click Send Tax File to Agent
3. Click Send on the message that pops up
4. TurboTax will create a "sanitized" copy of your return information with no personal info
5. Post the full token number here in this thread

We will then be able to review your file to see what you are seeing, and we can determine what is going on in your return and provide you with a suggested resolution.