NY resident with multiple jobs and W2s for NY and NJ

[v8899]

I'm a NY resident and I had two jobs in 2018. Job 1 was entirely based in NY. Job 2 started out in NY, but the job then relocated to NJ a few months later.

What I see on the NJ Total Wages Worksheet is the following:

Job 1

• Federal Wages: 100,000
• State Wages (NY): 100,000

Job 2

• Federal Wages: 115,000
• State Wages (NJ): 90,000
• State Wages (NY): 115,000

Which of these am I supposed to exclude for the NJ nonresident return? Both of the NY lines from Job 1 and Job 2 or only the one from Job 2?

[CarolynM]

As a New York resident, you exclude everything for from the New Jersey non-resident tax return but the wages you earned in the state.

This means you exclude everything from the first job that was only in NY and all the wages from the second job that are attributed to New York. 

You only report the final amount that was apportioned to New Jersey.

For more information, follow this link:

 NJ Taxes on Non Residents

[v8899]

Hi Carolyn, thanks for the answer, but I don't think this is correct. On the NJ1040NR Column A instructions here (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/current/1040nri.pdf">https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/...>, page 15) it says:

Enter the total wages, salaries, tips, fees, commissions, bonuses, and other payments you received for services performed as an employee. Include all payments, whether in cash, benefits, or property.
Enter the total of State wages, salaries, tips, etc., from all employment both inside and outside New Jersey. Take the amount from the “State wages” box on your W-2s.

So it sounds like I should actually include all of the income from both NY and NJ sources. And it seems adding both of the NY state incomes and excluding NJ would give a more correct number.

[CarolynM]

You will report them, but you will not pay tax on them. See page 17 of the same document you reference

[TomD8]

Another option might be TurboTaxDanielV's method described in this previous TT answer, being sure to REVERSE the states (his questioner lived in NJ and worked in NY):  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3941990-i-live-in-nj-and-work-in-nyc-my-w-2-lists-duplicate-income...>