NJ resident filling PA nonresident return, which W2 do I delete?

SummerBreazer · ‎July 11, 2020

I am an NJ resident that earned income in PA in 2019. My employer withheld taxes in PA so I am filling to reclaim this money.

My questions is on the compensation summary screen for PA, it shows that I had a W2 for NJ and a W2 for PA for an identical amount.

I have the options of either deleting these W2s or marking them as exempt from PA taxes. I think I need to mark the NJ one as exempt and delete the PA one but I am not certain. Any guidance would be appreciated.

JotikaT2 · ‎July 14, 2020

It depends.

You may need to review your input in the federal section of the program as follows to ensure the W-2 wages are only reported once.

To enter your W-2 information, go to the Federal section of the program.

Select Income & Expenses
Select Job (W-2)
Click Edit/Add to the right of the Job (W-2)

Make sure you enter the correct state and wages in boxes 15-17 of your input on the W-2 section. This would be the only area where your wages should be entered.

Depending upon your W-2 form, you can simply select the option to Add another row if you have separate lines for New Jersey and Pennsylvania as shown in the sample below.

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NJ resident filling PA nonresident return, which W2 do I delete?

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