DanielV01
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State tax filing

The New York income is the double-taxed income.  This is the income that is taxed by both states:  NJ because you live there, and NY because you were working there at the time.  On the NJ return, the NY amount is initially added to the total amount of income and must be zeroed out because it is being counted twice (as it is already being included in your NJ income on the NJ income line).  Thus, in the NJ resident return, look for the screenshot below so you can filter this out and not have to pay tax on phantom income:

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