Thanks for your reply. There was a higher amount in box 16 but TurboTax nevertheless used the federal gross amount for both federal and NJ taxes. Not sure why. I answered every question presented in Easy Step with great care and there was no question, as far as I know, that asked if his NJ wages were different than federal. One Hundred percent of husband's income was earned New York, so we didn't even think he would owe NJ taxes on it! Whatever. Had the error occurred and had I experienced what another person reported--he got an error from TurboTax saying he wasn't "permitted" to override the amount!!--I'd have flipped out, knowing how long I'd be on the phone trying to get it straightened out. I'm almost glad the IRS just told us how much we owe, than to through that.
