Thank you for your response.
Yes, I am employed full-time. My condition of employment is a hybrid schedule by telecommuting until further announcements. My permanent residence full year was in NJ. I was employed by a NY state employer whose HQ is in Manhattan and i believe this classifies me as a NY non-resident.
Even though I worked from home most days a week; some weeks even full 5 days, per ny.gov: “If you are a non-resident whose primary office is in New York State, your days telecommuting during the pandemic are considered days worked in the state unless your employer has established a bona fide employer office at your telecommuting location.” I was only provided a work laptop. Am I not required to file IT-203 being a nonresident and also since box 15,16 and 17 has both--NY and NJ taxes withheld? However, taxes withheld for NY in 17 are less than 0.5%.
I would likely need to file IT-203, calculate the taxes owed and use that number as the taxes paid to other jurisdictions… Using this method, I do receive a refund from NJ that will offset the taxes I owe NY. But in addition to paying NY taxes, I am also penalized for underpayment! I am trying to avoid this penalty as it increases each day beginning 1/1/23 that I am late in paying my taxes.
Also, I do not recollect submitting a W4 for NJ. BTW, I do not have records of which days or how many days I commuted to the office in NY; nonetheless the telecommuting schedule is not up to my discretion. Did I miss something in my preparation? Don't I qualify as a NY non-resident?
