Turbotax screws up and insists I enter time outside my state for apportioned wages; entering zero screws up state return. How do I by-pass or fix? Refuses to e-file..

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February 6, 2025
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I am filing a non-resident state return for Indiana. I am retired but had some preferred/deferred company shares I cashed in in 2024. Indiana considers this Indiana income despite being a non-resident, which I'm fine with. However, TurboTax will not let me enter this income if I say I worked zero days in Indiana in 2024 and will not let me e-file. How do I resolve?

LenaH

I completed a mock IT-40PNR return and didn't get an error message when I input 0 days worked in Indiana, even when allocating income to the state.

Please confirm you selected Out-of-state on the screen, Your County of Employment. This follows the screen, Days Worked in Indiana, in which you referred to in your question. As per the TurboTax screen, if on January 1, 2024, you were retired, unemployed, a student, or a homemaker, select the county where you lived as your county of employment.

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bcassidaAuthor

The TurboTax tips says otherwise. I'm not sure where else to look

IsabellaG

Employee

I also created a test non-resident Indiana tax return, and I see the same message that "your W-2 Wages should be 0 since you indicated that you worked in Indiana 0 days". But the Indiana amount from the W-2 that I entered on the Federal return carries over to that box in the Indiana return, and if I click Continue, the income is reported on my Indiana Nonresident return. I also can edit the amount in that box if I need to. It would appear that that message is just a reminder, and you are free to ignore it.