Yes. If New Jersey income tax was withheld from your wages, you must file a New Jersey nonresident return to obtain a refund.
New Jersey sourcing rules dictate that income for non-residents is sourced based on where the service or employment is performed. It is important to note that there would be different rules if this was a temporary situation due to Covid-19, but it does not seem to be relevant to your tax situation. Because you performed services in Florida (and not New Jersey), you were not liable to pay the tax and therefore, will get a full refund of state tax paid.
The first thing you want to do is make sure you've filled out the Personal Info section correctly:
- With your return open, select My Info in the left-hand menu.
- Then, on the Personal info summary screen, scroll down to Other State Income, and select Edit.
- At the Did you make money in any other states? question, answer Yes and make sure your nonresident state is selected from the drop-down.
- Select Continue to return to your Personal info summary.
- Click on State on the left hand side.
- Add the state of New Jersey as a non-resident.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
- Enter 0 for all of the New Jersey sourcing screens.
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