Hi. Currently I work fully remote for a company in NYC and live in NJ. In my w-2, my NJ taxes get taken away (as shown in box 15). On TurboTax, it says I should first file the nonresident state, NY, first and then do my NJ state. I do get some tax credit, but I want to know how this is calculated as it seems this is done automatically by the software. I owe a bit to NY and I believe this makes sense since NY taxes are higher than NJ.
Also few random questions:
I also made some money and will be getting a 1099. Even though the income I made is not from NYC as I live in NJ, I am still getting self-employment tax deduction from my NY (nonresident). I even explicitly made adjustments in the NY allocation portion to reflect that the income I made from my 1099 is NOT from NY as I chose the option "Not NY state income" Why would this be?
Lastly, is my office chair (Herman miller) tax deductible (fully? partially?) despite the fact I bought this chair outside of my 1099 date range? I stopped working for my clients and bought the chair when I started my full time job.
Sorry for the many questions, but would like some advice. Thank you.
