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January 30, 2020
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Should my unemployment income/return from Indiana decrease my state return for Wisconsin (I have multi-state return and when I entered IN 1099G my WI return decreased )?

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I did not expect my Wisconsin return to decrease based on an Indiana 1099-G for unemployment, yet it decreased Wisconsin return by nearly 1/3. Any thoughts on if this is accurate?

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AmyC
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January 30, 2020

If you are a full year resident of WI, then all income goes on WI and you receive a credit for the IN tax liability on the same income.

 

In order for the program to work correctly, prepare the state returns in the same order that you lived in the states. Prepare non- resident returns first.

 

For example: Gambling in Indiana and live in WI. Then do IN first, then WI

Example 2: Lived in WI then moved to IN. Do WI part year then IN part year.

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February 3, 2020

Thanks. I did that and it still didn't work. It didn't give me a refund for Indiana but also didn't credit my Wisconsin taxes. I even talked to someone at Turbo Tax and they were surprised/confused as well. 

February 3, 2020

You do not have to file an Indiana state tax return because of the reciprocity agreement between Wisconsin and Indiana.

 

"You may not claim a credit for tax paid to another state on income which is subject to a reciprocity agreement. For 2019, Wisconsin has reciprocity agreements with Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan.Under the reciprocity agreements, these four states generally will not tax certain earned income (for example, wages, salaries, tips, etc.) earned in these states by Wisconsin residents, and Wisconsin will not tax the earned income earned in Wisconsin by residents of those states."  Credit for Tax Paid to Another State

 

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