Turbo Tax is forcing me to register state taxes as non-resident

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April 3, 2020
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I'm originally from Wisconsin and have lived there for most of my life. My drivers license was issued there and my permanent address (parents house) is located there as well. I've lived abroad for the past 5 years, including this past tax year and have never had a problem filing as a Wisconsin resident. But now, turbo tax is forcing me to file as a non-resident even after listing Wisconsin as my state of residence in the personal info tab. What should I do?

BillM223

At the beginning of the Wisconsin interview, did you see a screen with the heading "Did you make money in Wisconsin in 2019, but never live there"?

Yes, I know you apparently didn't make money in Wisconsin in 2019, but go ahead and click "No".

The next screen should ask you what your state of residence was (and for your spouse, too, if one). Indicate Wisconsin.

Then continue and give your county and school information and so on. TurboTax should now be putting your information on Form 1 (resident) and not on Form 1NPR (nonresident and part-year resident).

You can check this in the CD/download software by going into Forms mode and scrolling down to the Wisconsin return to see what the main Wisconsin form is.

In the Online product, you can see only a summary of the state return. Click on Tax Tools on the left, then click on Tools underneath it, then click on View Tax Summary in the center - note, do this why you are in the Wisconsin interview, so TurboTax knows that you want to see the state summary, not the federal return.

If the first line in the summary is "Wages, salaries, tips, etc. (see page 15)", then you have the nonresident/part-year return (which you don't want).

If, however, the first line is "Federal adjusted gross income (see page 12) ." then you are using Form 1, which is the resident return.

Compare the two forms by going to this Wisconsin webpage.

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jfriedererAuthor

Hi Bill,

I followed your advice. I made sure to select no on "did you make any money in Wisconsin but didn't live there" and indicated that I was a resident of Wisconsin. Also, the first line of my summary is page 12 "federal adjusted gross income" which means I'm using the correct form.

But I still can't file because every time I do, I'm asked to review a part of my state taxes. And on this page, there is a box checked which says "was a non resident of Wisconsin for all 2019" and it asks me to either put the state or country I was in instead.

The software might be doing this because I initially filled out my info as a non-resident before realizing my mistake. But even after going back and fixing my residency status to Wisconsin resident, it still has me checked as a non-resident.

MAK70

Yes, TurboTax is picking up part of an earlier entry. To save frustration, Delete the Wisconsin state tax return from the summary page and Add it back.

@jfriederer