@Kaitlinsullivan97 To follow-up on the comments from @ErnieS0 and based on your last post, it appears now that your employer did not split your wages. Your return preparation would have been easier had your employer correctly allocated your wages to reflect what you earned as a NY resident, and what you earned as a NJ resident. However, based on your last post, it appears your employer designated all of your wages as NY wages with nothing showing for NJ. Ordinarily in circumstances like your own, the approach to take is to allocate wages consistent with the comments from @EarnieS0; however, in your case, your W-2 has already been filed with the IRS, as well as the relevant revenue departments of NY and NJ. If you were to modify the amounts on your W-2 to reflect your tax situation (splitting your wages between NY and NJ) you will be entering information inconsistent with the entries on your W-2. Given your situation, the preferred approach is to get your employer to issue you an amended W-2; however, we realize that may not be possible this point. But you should still try to obtain an amended W-2.
Perhaps the best option at this point is to enter the information as it appears on your W-2. However, make sure in the Personal Info section of TurboTax that you have accurately entered your residency information. In other words, you need to reflect that your residency changed to NJ from NY in March 2021 (assuming that is the case, determining residency is fact specific). It may be that your employer withheld NY wages for all of 2021 as if you were a NY resident for all of 2021 despite the fact that part of your W-2 does reflect that you lived in NJ. Thus, when you complete your NY return, and you should complete the NY return first as it is your non-resident state, your NY return will reflect that you were a part-year resident of NY. As @ErnieS0 mentioned, you will get a tax credit, on your NJ return, for having paid NY taxes. The tax credit will likely offset most of your NJ tax liability as NY taxes are generally higher than those of NJ. Moreover, there is also a NY City tax.
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