@ranibane0309 wrote:
turbotax showing amount owed to NY is far more than NJ, in fact than NJ.
Are you filing a New York nonresident return (Form IT-203)? The first screen in the New York interview asks about your residency status.
In the New York interview, did you allocate your wages as I described in my previous reply above? If it still says you owe money to New York, it sounds like you didn't do that. On Form IT-203, line 1 in the "New York State amount" column should be blank. Lines 17 and 19 should have zero in the "New York State amount" column. You should have a refund from New York of the full amount of NY tax withheld on your NY W-2. (This is all assuming that you do not have any other New York income that you haven't mentioned.)
@ranibane0309 wrote:
I wonder it is doing the other tax jurisdiction credit and this will end up paying more to NY and NJ.
How can I change that?
On your New Jersey resident tax return (Form NJ-1040) you should not have any credit for income taxes paid to other jurisdictions. Form NJ-1040 line 42 should be blank. If there is an amount on line 42, go back to the credits section of the New Jersey interview. On the Summary of Taxes Paid to Other States click Edit on the New York line. On the screen that says "Tell us about the money you earned in New York" both boxes should be empty. If there is an amount in either box, delete it, then click Continue.
@ranibane0309 wrote:
I started working on NJ first and then NY on turbotax/state. Does which one I am reviewing first matter?
You should have worked on your New York nonresident tax return first, then your New Jersey resident tax return, but it doesn't really matter because you are not getting any credit for income taxes paid to other jurisdictions on the New Jersey return. When you are just reviewing the completed tax returns, it doesn't matter what order you review them in. You can go back and forth between them.
If you have further questions, it might be helpful to know whether you are using TurboTax Online or the CD/Download TurboTax software, and which edition (Basic, Deluxe, etc.). If you are using the CD/Download software, is it on a Windows computer or a Mac?
