Hello I live in nj and I'm retired ,I was told that I will not have to pay state taxes my first 3 yrs ,but today I own state and federal taxes

[SweetieJean · Accepted solution]

That is not exactly true.

https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/njit6.shtml

See Three Year Rule method on p 5 here:

https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tgi-ee/git1.pdf

[rashargray21]

So can I make payments  on the money owed to state taxes as well, because  I dont have it up front