So I started a new company and I'm stressed because I am in a weird situation. My employer )based out of China) has a payroll dept out in California. I am their first NYC employee and noticed that my first 2 paychecks (Nov-Dec 2023) had the CA state tax deduction instead of NY. So when I noticed that they adjusted from the 3rd paycheck up until now in 2024 which I thought was fine until I received my W2 for filing. I noticed that the states in my W2 was California again and so I had to contact them again to fix this. So recently they revised everything on the W2 to reflect that I had NY state taxes deducted.
HERE is where it gets complicated in my head.
I am asking for help because I don't want to get audited for their mistake. Also this is all through ADP which doesn't hold on to prior records in which I would have access too and the only communication is with the girl in payroll in California who is non responsive.
Situation:
1st/2nd paycheck-CA state tax deducted (should've been NY tax and I'm a NJ resident)
3rd-current paychecks-NY tax deducted which is corrected now AND is less $$ than CA (do I get a refund in difference in my pay?)
W-2 magically went from CA deduction to NY deduction in a week
Question 1 -Did my first 2 paychecks really pay California state tax automatically? If so then what am I to do to get that back and apply to NY?
Question 2 -If I didn't pay NY state tax with my first 2 paychecks BUT the W-2 NOW states that I did, how do I fix that? Or who fixes that?
Question 3 -Should I be paid the difference from the paychecks since the state tax deduction from CA was greater than NY based on comparing the now corrected paychecks?
