Hello,
I lived in NY for 10 months during the tax year and then moved to NJ for the remainder of the 2 months while working for the same employer in NYC. I am filing information first for part-year resident NY and then part-year resident NJ taxes. I have a few questions regarding my state filing:
1. While entering my NY resident income do I use the amount in Box 18 of my W2 or manually calculate it based on the # of days/months I lived in NYS? (The difference is about $500, not sure which amount to input there)
2. Do I need to claim credit for taxes paid to another state, in this case claim a credit on my NJ return for tax paid in NYS?
3. While entering income earned while 'living or working' in NJ, am I inputting the same amount I put in my NYS return under the 'non-resident' section?
4. Where do I get the Dividend Income information from? Does that come from my 1099-DIVs? How does that get divided per state?
5. In the section for Double Taxed Income while resident of NJ - which amount am I entering? For 'Tax paid to New York City' I believe I would enter the amount from 'Box 19 - Local Income Tax'?
Tax season is stressful and any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
