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I live in NJ and working in PA. but my employer withheld taxes for PA, what is the procedure to file PA return? NJ and PA has reciprocity agreement.
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The following is from the instructions for Pennsylvania Form PA-40.
"A resident of one of these reciprocal states whose employer withheld PA income tax must file Form PA-40 reflecting no compensation on line 1a and the PA tax withheld on line 13. In addition, a signed copy of the other state's resident income tax return (without any supporting documents) along with a copy of the actual W-2 and a statement that the taxpayer was a resident of a reciprocal state must be submitted."
To avoid this in the future, you should fill out Form REV-419 EX and give it to your employer to tell them to stop withholding PA tax. Here is a link to the form.
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See <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/njit14.shtml">http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/njit...> for details.
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I am in the same situation. Would I be able to efile the Pennsylvania return?
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The way the reciprocal state agreement works, if you file a REV-419 with your Pa. employer, they will stop paying withholding tax to the state of PA. Instead, they will only withhold taxes and report to the state of NJ, thus eliminating the need to file a PA non-resident return. Please select this link to download a REV-419. Fill it out and submit to your employer so they will start withholding taxes for the state of NJ instead of PA.
In the meantime, you will need to first file a PA non-resident return and then a New Jersey resident tax return. You will get credit in NJ for the tax paid in PA.
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Hi Dave
In your response, you stated "you will need to first file a PA non-resident return and then a New Jersey resident tax return. You will get credit in NJ for the tax paid in PA.".
Here is my example: I live in NJ and work in Pennsylvania. My employer withheld $1,800 PA Tax.
Assumption: I should file a PA-40 Non-resident tax return reflecting no compensation on line 1a and $1,800 PA Tax withheld on line 13; and then PA will REFUND the $1,800 to me? Is my assumption correct?
Question: Do I enter $1,800 on my NJ tax return on line 43 Credit for income taxes paid to other jurisdictions?
I'm looking forward to your response and appreciate your consideration
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No. You can only claim a tax credit for actual tax paid @MJGARITO, not on tax withheld. If you are filing to get back all your Pennsylvania tax, then there is no credit on the New Jersey return.
You should also speak with your employer so this doesn't happen again.
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Hi @SweetieJean
My circumstances are the reverse: lived in PA, but worked in NJ for a portion 2018 into 2019. Would my NJ employer have withheld my PA local taxes (evidently PA state taxes don't cover this)? Or would there be a PA local tax credit for local taxes withheld from NJ paycheck? I'm being informed that I might still owe PA local taxes for that time period, but I want to be certain that I actually owe them before paying.
Thanks in advance for any insight!
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Yes you would owe local PA taxes and the employer would not withhold them ... you would be fortunate if they just withheld the state taxes since they are not required to do so.