I live in NJ and had 2 NY-based employers in 2024. One sent me a W-2 with NY and NJ lines, while the other sent me with only a NY line. How do I handle in Turbotax?

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I asked the one that only sent me a NY W-2 (let's call them "Employer 2"), and they said it was because I worked out of the NY office and they did not have a NJ presence (the other employer did in fact have a NJ presence). I understand that NJ and NY tax calculate taxable income differently. Do I have to do anything special in TurboTax to make sure I report the NJ taxable income from Employer 2 correctly, or will TurboTax automatically calculate that, as well as the section that asks me about duplicative income?

[AmyC · Accepted solution]

1. Employer 2 is the easiest to handle! If you have been handling the split income, this will be simple. The only real difference is that all of the income is NY, no allocating needed, select 100% taxable for NY.

The same rules apply. NY taxable income will create a credit towards NJ tax liability.

2.  Since NY is the nonresident state, be sure the NY wages are the taxable NY income on your entries for the w2s. The program will pull all state income into NJ to be taxed so your w2 entries should not have additional NJ wages that include the NY income.

The IRS and states have already received their copies. You need for the program to understand what was actually earned in NY for the rest to be NJ taxable.

As long as you go through the questions, the program will make the calculations based on your answers and entries.

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Thank you!