How do you determine how to allocate an amount to your New York City Resident Portion of your wages, if you didn't work in the city for the whole year?

Allocate five months to New York City if you were not a New York City resident for the whole year. You only pay NYC tax for the months you were a NYC resident.

If you only lived in NYC for five months, allocate five months. If you lived in NYC for five months but had a lease on an NYC apartment for the whole year, for example, then you would be considered a full-year resident.

Your employer should have allocated your NYC wages. Box 18 local wages should be less than Box 16 state wages.

You can make changes in the New York section.

1. Go to Your City Residency Information
2. Select Edit on About You
3. Select Part-year resident on New York City Residency Information for You
4. Enter dates for your Part-year Residency Period
5. Skip Yonkers
6. Edit your job on Your Wages Summary
7. Change the amount on Wages Information to Wages Earned while living in NYC
8. On Your New York City Wages, select Earned 100% as resident if you made an adjustment on the previous screen to show NYC-only wages