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March 30, 2024
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Live in SC all year 2023, received Unemployment from NJ

  • March 30, 2024
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Hello,

I lived in South Carolina all year in 2023.  I collected unemployment from the state of New Jersey for part of the year however.  I had Zero Income in NJ in 2023.  The only money related to NJ in 2023 was the unemployment insurance.  Do I need to file a NJ tax return?  Or is it not relevant to me because NJ does not tax Unemployment Benefits?

Thx

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    March 30, 2024

    No, New Jersey (NJ) does not tax unemployment benefits like the federal return does. Do not file a NJ return if that is the only income from NJ.

    Unemployment compensation, taxed on your federal return, is taxable to South Carolina (SC) if it was received while a resident of South Carolina.

    @NJ SC Tax

    [Edited: 03/30/2024 | 2:10 PM PST]

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    NJ SC TaxAuthor
    April 1, 2024

    thx