Jacob8080
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I live in New York, I work for a Boston based company remotely. My employer is taking state tax for Ma and not NY. How do I file for the year?

Hello, I have filed my taxes on my own for previous jobs, but for the 2023 year my situation is a little more complicated then previous years and I want to make sure that I am doing things correctly/understand the situation.

 

I am employed by a MA based company in Boston, doing remote technical work. I do not travel to MA for work. I was employed in April, with the intention of eventually moving to MA to work more locally. (The hasn't been possible for a few reasons but not important)

 

All of the work I do, I do where I currently live in New York, none of the work I do has required me to go to Boston, or cross state lines. I am a resident of New York.

 

Looking over my paystubs, my employer, has on every paycheck paid Massachusetts's income tax, and not New York. 

 

Looking around it seems like there are three possible situations, and I am trying to figure out which one applies to me.

 

1) I am a New York resident, and a New York employee, I owe New York, and only New York income tax. When I fill out my tax information at the end of the year, I need to get a full refund from Mass, and then pay full taxes to New York.

 

2) I am a remote worker for Mass who is a Resident of New York. I owe some theoretical tax to both, however income is only taxable once, so any taxes I have to pay to New York, my Mass taxes will cover partially as tax credits.

 

3) Worst scenario, I do MA work, and make income in New York, I owe both states full income tax.

 

I was hoping somebody might point at which is most correct, or if there is something I am missing, I have been looking through online threads but have gotten some conflicting information and don't know where to continue.