My situation is little more different since i worked with two employer this year, so just want to be clear.
I have lived in MA for the whole year.
Employer 1 - (Live and work both in MA, employer withheld taxes only for MA)
My state wages(Box 16) and total wages (Box 1) is equal which makes sense since that whole
money was earned in MA. I got one W2 from this employer - Say this wage is X (same amt in box1 and box16)
Employer 2 - RI (Live in MA but work in RI, the employer witheld taxes in RI and some amount of tax for MA)
I got two W2, one for each state. My total wage Box1 is Y. On each W2 (MA and RI) the state wage is also Y, so state wages for
this employer becomes 2Y in turbo tax.
So this effectively makes my total state wages for the whole year to be X+2Y which is incorrect. since it should be X+Y
So if i understand clearly, when TT is imporing info from my W2 for Employer 2, i should correct the amount in Box16 for MA to $0?
Note : I am pretty sure total income X+2Y is incorrect since if i use that much income my MA refund comes to be like $20 and if I correct
the MA income to $0 for Employer 2, i am getting much better refund.
I asked my employer and they said that W2 is correct since MA does not have reciprocity agreement with RI so i am concered if its ok to
put MA income as $0 for Employer2?
