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Are NJEDA grants taxable and if so, where does it get entered

Dunkin-Jim — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:16:51 GMT

Re: Are NJEDA grants taxable and if so, where does it get entered

ThomasM125 — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:21:33 GMT

That is a business grant and as such is taxable on your federal tax return but not on your New Jersey tax return. You would enter it on your business tax return as "Other Income." That would be on line 6 if self-employed and completing a schedule C to report your business income and expenses.

It would go on line 7 on a partnership form 1065, line 10 on an C corporation form 1120, and line 5 on an S corporation form 1120-S.

Re: Are NJEDA grants taxable and if so, where does it get entered

Dunkin-Jim — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:04:48 GMT

Thanks for the info !

Re: Are NJEDA grants taxable and if so, where does it get entered

TAXRETURNSFILER — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 02:40:32 GMT

Thank you for your great answer about how to enter an NJEDA grant on the federal return. (I upvoted it.) As you suggested, I entered the grant on line 6 of Sch. C. However, after completing my Federal 1040, I am working on my NJ State Return. I need to remove the NJEDA grant from income since it is not taxable on the state return. I was not given any opportunity to allocate or adjust the income, TurboTax automatically transferred the full Sch C income. I can not figure out how to make the adjustment in the NJ return. I was not presented with an adjustment or deduction option in Turbotax "step by step," and see no line on the NJ 1040 that would allow me to do so. Can you possibly advise exactly what line on my NJ-1040 (New Jersey Resident Income Tax Return) I can deduct the grant money on? Thank you so much.

Re: Are NJEDA grants taxable and if so, where does it get entered

DaveF1006 — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 01:24:25 GMT

As you navigate through your NJ State return, there is a screen that is entitled Other Non-Wage Income. Here under description enter "Federal taxable NJEDA grant -exempt in NJ", then enter the amount as a negative number. This will exclude this income from NJ taxation.

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Re: Are NJEDA grants taxable and if so, where does it get entered

TAXRETURNSFILER — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:32:45 GMT

Thanks. I tried, but the program will not recognize a negative number in that field. It lets you enter it, but the corresponding line on the return remains blank. Same result if you try to enter it in forms view. Any other way?