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NJ-COJ, TT puts wrong value in box 9a. Incorrect NJ credit for PA municipal tax paid NJ resident, worked in PA and had income and tax on W-2 paid to a PA local municipality of several thousand $ (this is the tax paid)   TT calculates the credit on my return as only $106.   Here the issue: I've done this for several years in a row with TT and the NJ credit is always the same as the PA municipal tax paid I've looked at all the past year's NJ-COJ forms done in TT.  In every year, the value in box 9a is the amount of tax paid. ** I do understand that the ultimate credit is a calculation on this form, and may be less.  But the box 9a is the amount from the W-2 for local taxes paid.   ** note the value in box 9a is supposed to be the value of the taxes paid, per the NJ tax directions. I also have non-resident tax in CA and when I look at that NJ-COJ form, box 9a is exactly equal to the tax paid to CA. In the NJ-COJ form for the PA municipality credit, box 9a is $106 for some reason.  Why is this?   As this ultimately makes the credit significantly less ($106 rather than several thousand $) Here's the weird part: If I go back to my W-2 and change only the local tax income tax paid (box 19) by ONLY $0.20 (so it rounds up to the next dollar) the box 9a on NJ-COJ for the PA municipality changes from $106 to the correct amount of several thousand $!!   And then I get the full credit! Similarly, if i go to the actual NJ-COJ form in TT and use the smart worksheet, i can put the slightly higher amount in Column B / row B (rather than the $1 less amount that is in Column A / row B), and again the box 9a changes from $112 to the much higher amount of several thousand $ and I get the full credit.... HELP.   This makes no sense.