Improperly Corrected W2 for NYC Tax

Hi, in 2024 my employer withheld incorrectly one month of taxes for New York, and crucially NYC also.

I never lived in New York nor NYC (I worked in Illinois).

However, they issued me a corrected W2, but that ONLY adjusted all of my state income taxes to Illinois. My corrected W2 is completely missing all of the NYC tax.

All of the scenarios I've seen of filing a non-resident of NY return with 0 adjusted income don't account for

a partially adjusted W2.

How should I file to get the city tax back?

Thank you!!

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Expert Alumni

Mar 18, 2025 6:12:03 AM

Your employer will need to issue another corrected W-2 to show the NYC withholding so that you can file a NY return to request the refund, or they will need to refund you the tax that they withheld.

You can also contact your employer to verify that they didn't move your NYC withholding to your IL tax withholding on the corrected W-2.

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Improperly Corrected W2 for NYC Tax