I live in NJ but work in PA....am I liable for Pa income tax? After filing and sending my return, I realized I might not have to pay Pa tax. How do I go about finding out

[DianeW]

New Jersey (NJ) and Pennsylvania (PA) have a reciprocal agreement. If the only income you earned was from a job in PA, then you are not required to file a PA return unless your employer withheld PA state tax. This would only be filed to obtain a refund.

File only your NJ resident return if this was your only source of PA income.

If you filed the PA return by mistake and included the wages, you should file and amended return, with zero income and attach a copy of your NJ resident return.  PA will not tax you on those earnings.  You can use a PA-40 Form and fill in the circle for "Amended Return".

[cynthiacorcodilo]

so how do I go about doing this on turbo tax...where do I make the changes? I'm alittle confused. Some changes I tried to make, made my federal refund 0...help!!!

[DianeW]

The only possible change in the federal return would be the state withholding on the W2. Did you file both state returns?
PA should be filed as nonresident status selected, zero income and only the withholding with the same amount refunded plus any tax you may have paid with the original return.
NJ is filed as a full  year resident and all income is taxable to NJ.

[EAAcct]

What about a NJ resident that had local income tax withheld for a PA locality as a nonresident?  Do they need to file the Local Earned Income Tax Return?  Taxpayer did not live in PA at any time during the year.

[KrisD15]

The Reciprocal agreement is only between states. 

Local taxing authorities do not recognize nor abide by that agreement. 

You might file a PA state return to see if you can get any local tax back (if for some reason they withheld just a little too much) but local tax is usually based on earned income and do not have many adjustments. 

@EAAcct