When would I file a 2nd state return?

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January 26, 2019
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My wife and I live and work in Oregon but my wife makes about $850 in Minnesota every year in July as a camp counselor. We get a w2 from Minnesota and it looks like this:

wages $850

Federal tax $93, S.S $53, Minn state tax $41

The question is Turbo Tax wants $44.99 to do the state return. Our AIG is about $92k We have traditionally ignored doing the state return since we think it would be a wash or we would lose a few bucks doing it. Is there a way to do this without paying for the extra state and entering things online so I dont have to do any calculations?

Thanks!!

Best answer by skycamper

Thanks so much, I started working on the non-resident form but it was a pain. Nothing auto fills. Such a headache. Your response puts me at ease. Thank you!

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MaryK1

Employee

As a nonresident, you must file a Minnesota return if your Minnesota gross income meets the minimum filing requirement ($10,650 in 2018). If you filed the Minnesota state tax, you would only be able to get the $41 returned so you would be out $3.99 if you use Turbo Tax to prepare the return.

Unfortunately, you would have to prepare the Nonresident return on paper to get the refund, which as you said would probably not be worth the effort based on the value of your time. As a nonresident employee, the camp is required to withhold for state income tax for work performed in Minnesota because they are required to withhold for federal income taxes.

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skycamperAuthorAnswer

Employee

Thanks so much, I started working on the non-resident form but it was a pain. Nothing auto fills. Such a headache. Your response puts me at ease. Thank you!

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Smiller

Employee

You could do a separate 1040 file for MN which should be free through turbo tax and it would be very easy to do with $0 cost to you (i believe) but, I have options to add a 2nd W2 on Intuit (turbo tax) from a different state. Not sure why you don't have this option???