It depends. If you moved to California at the end of 2021, you still may have some New York income.
Income earned from California employment but paid out later is still considered California-source income such as accrued vacation, sick time, bonuses, or stock options. However, if you stayed with the same company, you are unlikely to have vacation or sick time payouts.
It’s also possible your payroll was slow in updating, which is why you have NY wages.
NY requires employers to report all wages in Box 16 so unfortunately, you will have to file a NY return. Otherwise, NY will assume your whole Box 16 amount is NY income and send you a large tax bill.
File a NY nonresident return and report either $0 or some wages (depending on whether you earned any NY income).
The New York section will ask you whether all your income was earned in NY.
- On New York Income Allocation, say No to Were all of your wages and/or your self-employment income earned in New York State?
- Edit Your W-2 on Your Form W-2 Summary
- Choose Allocate by Number or Days or Allocate by Percentage on Allocate Wages to New York (percentage is usually the easier calculation).
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