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rasah07
February 16, 2024
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Live in NJ but work in NY - Wages number discrepancy - which one to remove

  • February 16, 2024
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Hello,

 

I have a bit of a situation: I live in NJ and work in NY, and when I am filing state taxes for NJ, I can remove one of the state wages. 

my federal is 60k, my NJ is 34k and my NY is 60k.

Reading the help and the questions already posed online it seems that the best solution is to remove NJ because NY has a value closer to the federal value, but I don't understand why my NJ is so low.

Is it something I should address with payroll?

If I remove NJ my return increases quite a bit.

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    CatinaT1
    CatinaT1
    February 21, 2024

    If you live in NJ, you will file a resident NJ return. And since you work in NY, you will file a Non-resident NY Return.

     

    Here is a FAQ: Multiple States—Figuring What's Owed When You Live and Work in More Than One State

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