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my employer wrongly had state taxes out when I lived in another state
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Since it was the employer's error, the best solution would be for the employer to pay back to your wife the tax that was mistakenly withheld, and issue a corrected W-2 with zero Massachusetts wages and tax. If the employer won't do that, you will have to file a Massachusetts nonresident tax return to get a refund of the tax that was withheld. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue will almost certainly question the return, since your tax return will show no MA income, but your wife's W-2 shows MA income. A letter from the employer would help when you have to convince the MA DOR that you really did not have any MA income.
Since it was the employer's error, the best solution would be for the employer to pay back to your wife the tax that was mistakenly withheld, and issue a corrected W-2 with zero Massachusetts wages and tax. If the employer won't do that, you will have to file a Massachusetts nonresident tax return to get a refund of the tax that was withheld. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue will almost certainly question the return, since your tax return will show no MA income, but your wife's W-2 shows MA income. A letter from the employer would help when you have to convince the MA DOR that you really did not have any MA income.
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