I work in NJ but I used to work in New York City until a few years ago. However I still get two W-2 forms, one for each state (and it's a mess every time) b/c my employer pays some small awards in the forms of company shares spread over the next 4 years. E.g. the award for 2019 is spread over 2020-2023 . Thus, each year I get smaller and smaller amount on my NY W-2. This year, my NY state tax withholding was less than $50, to give you an idea of the size of this nuisance.
Anyhow, after I jumped all the hoops, and possibly screwed up in the process, TT confidently told me that I must e-file in NY. Now I'm not sure whether this is literally true or TT meant that if I file then I should e-file. For completeness, I do have some dividend income from NY and maybe capital gains/losses (from the abovementioned shares) but much less than NY standard deductions.
So I have a belated suspicion that I wasted time and effort and I didn't have to file in NY. If so, what do I need to do with the second W-2 that TT dutifully imports? Just delete it? Or enter manually just one of them?
