topic Turbotax is doubling my state income in State tax filing

Turbotax is doubling my state income

Unhappy1040 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:14:03 GMT

My W2 lists my taxable wages NJ and PA. I live in PA but work in NJ but TurboTax is adding these wages together thereby doubling my wages. How do I fix this?

Did your employer withhold any NJ tax (Box 17 on your W-2...

TomD8 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:14:04 GMT

Did your employer withhold any NJ tax (Box 17 on your W-2)?

NJ and PA have tax reciprocity for W-2 pages. If you're a PA resident and all your NJ income is W-2 wages, you only have to file a PA tax return - UNLESS your employer incorrectly withheld NJ taxes.

yes employer withheld taxes to both states. And Turbotax...

Unhappy1040 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:14:06 GMT

yes employer withheld taxes to both states. And Turbotax doubled my wages. How do i fix this

If you do have New Jersey reported in boxes 15-17, you sh...

TomD8 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 20:14:08 GMT

If you do have New Jersey reported in boxes 15-17, you should file a NJ nonresident return with ZERO NJ income to have NJ taxes refunded to you. (There is a checkbox in the NJ return that allows you to exempt the income for this purpose).