What do I do if I live and work in NJ for a company based in CT and my company accidentally marked my work location as CT so I paid CT taxes rather than NJ taxes by mistake?

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I believe I should have been paying NJ withholding rather than CT withholding throughout the year but my company is telling me there is nothing they can do.

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DavidD66

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If you did not work or live in Connecticut, you do not owe any CT tax. You will have to file a Connecticut non-resident tax return in order to get a full refund of all state taxes they withheld. You will also file a New Jersey resident tax return. Since you didn't have any New Jersey tax withheld, you can expect to pay a penalty for underpayment.

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novakjl

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I have a similar situation. I am a home office based employee working and living in NJ but the company I worked for has its headquarters in CT. The company withheld NJ taxes only. Do I need to file a non-resident CT return?

In addition to my current company in CT, I also received severance payments from another CT-based company while living in NJ. That company only withheld CT taxes (no NJ taxes). How should I file those earnings if I was not working for that company any longer, however was receiving severance payments reported as income from a CT-based company?