Employer reports entire salary on both ny and nj w-2, and withholds full taxes for each state. How do I allocate state wages to each state? Simply prorate days worked at office in nj... which state return to do first?
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If you live and work most of the time in NY, you will need to file a NY resident return. You should allocate your income to the days you worked in NJ and file a NJ nonresident return declaring only the wages allocated to NJ workdays. So if you worked 240 workdays for 2017 and 20 of them were in NJ, you would take your wages and multiply them by 20/240. That would be your NJ source income.
Please see below for how to complete a nonresident and resident state return in TurboTax.
Once you've determined that you need to file a nonresident state return, the first thing you want to do is make sure you've filled out the Personal Info section correctly:
After you finish your federal return, you'll automatically move to the State Taxes tab, where you'll see your nonresident state(s) listed in addition to your resident state.
To ensure accurate calculations, we strongly recommend preparing your nonresident state return before you prepare any resident or part-year state returns. More tips:
If you live and work most of the time in NY, you will need to file a NY resident return. You should allocate your income to the days you worked in NJ and file a NJ nonresident return declaring only the wages allocated to NJ workdays. So if you worked 240 workdays for 2017 and 20 of them were in NJ, you would take your wages and multiply them by 20/240. That would be your NJ source income.
Please see below for how to complete a nonresident and resident state return in TurboTax.
Once you've determined that you need to file a nonresident state return, the first thing you want to do is make sure you've filled out the Personal Info section correctly:
After you finish your federal return, you'll automatically move to the State Taxes tab, where you'll see your nonresident state(s) listed in addition to your resident state.
To ensure accurate calculations, we strongly recommend preparing your nonresident state return before you prepare any resident or part-year state returns. More tips:
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