I lived and worked in NJ in 2018, but received approximately $1,600 in unemployment from NY State in 2018, do I need to file state return in NY?

Other than the NY unemployment income, I did not earn any other income in NYC or NY State in 2018.

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Your NY unemployment is NY-source income and thus taxable by NY. As to whether you must file an NY tax return, see "Who Must File" on page 7 of this reference: https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/it203i.pdf

Your NY unemployment is not taxed by NJ. Unlike NY, NJ does not tax unemployment benefits.

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.

Do you have an Intuit account?