If I lived in 3 cities, how do I file city taxes?

Question

I have heard that the income I put, should only be for what I earned when I lived there. But the forms do not support that infomation. I did not have any tax withheld as my company does not take out city taxes. I am completely confused.

Answer 1

Where did you live that all 3 cities have income taxes? Yuck.

The first thing you do is to figure the percent of the year that you lived in each city. For example: City A-Jan to Jun, City B-July to October and City C-November-December.

City A = 6/12 or 1/2 or 50% of the year
City B= 4/12 or 1/3 or 33% of the year (rounded)
City C=2/12 or 1/6 or 17% of the year (rounded)

Then take your full years wages and multiply by the percentage for each city. ($35,000 total w-2 income * .50 for City A)

Take any exemptions and deductions and do the same thing.

Make sure you attach a document supporting your figures and showing your addresses and dates lived there.

Answer 2

I agree with the first answer. What city or cities you worked in may also matter. Cities that have income tax often tax income earn while living in OR working in the city. You may also need to be sure you know if you are actually in the city or a suburb. I have an address in a suburb but actually live in the 'main' city for tax purposes. I discovered that when the suburb returned my tax check with a letter stating I was not in the suburb, thus I didn't owe them any tax.

Answer 3

For this question to be answered sufficiently, you'll need to indicate in which three cities you resided. Not all cities require one to file an income tax return or pay an income tax.

Answer 4

Get the income tax forms for each city.

File as a "part-year resident" of each city.

You may be able to credit one tax against another, if they are duplicates. So read the instructions for that.