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naidug
March 27, 2020
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I am a Texan. My Biz trip to Ohio, NJ, NY for a day and my employer deducted $7 to OH, $50 to NJ, $150 to NY taxes. is there a minimum threshold to get filing exception?

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If I need to file state taxes as non-resident for each of those states, I will end up paying tax filing fee more than the income I earned.
Best answer by fanfare

I'm from NJ so I owe you a correct reply.

NJ requires a return if your income from all sources exceeds $10,000 ($20,000 if filing jointly).

 

After trying this myself with other tax software (not TurboTax).

it turns out "all sources" means "all sources on W-2 Line 15".

Since Texas has no state tax your main income is not listed there ( I assume ! ). So you don't have to file with NJ.

 

It's all very convoluted and although the forms are available for download on the NJ website, it seems impossible to file correctly without tax software.

 

If you happened to get TurboTax with a free state, try the NY non-resident return for $150 rather than $50.

 

 

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fanfare
fanfare
Employee
March 28, 2020

one day's income is going to be below the trigger of needing to file for most persons.

The downside is your just giving up that money that could be refunded to you.

 

NJ has online filing but it is only for resident returns, no charge.

I don't know about Ohio and NY, probably the same.

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naidugAuthor
March 28, 2020

Thanks for your reply. 

fanfare
fanfareAnswer
Employee
March 28, 2020

I'm from NJ so I owe you a correct reply.

NJ requires a return if your income from all sources exceeds $10,000 ($20,000 if filing jointly).

 

After trying this myself with other tax software (not TurboTax).

it turns out "all sources" means "all sources on W-2 Line 15".

Since Texas has no state tax your main income is not listed there ( I assume ! ). So you don't have to file with NJ.

 

It's all very convoluted and although the forms are available for download on the NJ website, it seems impossible to file correctly without tax software.

 

If you happened to get TurboTax with a free state, try the NY non-resident return for $150 rather than $50.

 

 

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