My firm moved from NY to NJ in May 2024.
I've received 1 NY filing copy and 2 NJ filing copies. For example,
Federal wages box 1 - 140K (Total Gross Pay to derive this is 150K in additional notes)
Total State Taxes in box 17 of Federal filing copy - 11K
NY filing copy box 1 is same as Federal wage, which I understand. I have additional notes in W2, which shows NY Reported W2 wages Box 16 - 65K
NY Tax in box 17 - 6K
The confusion is with NJ copies
NJ filing copy 1 - This is explained as the income earned in NJ
State Wages Box 16 - 77K (derived from NJ Gross pay of 85K in additional notes)
State Tax Box 17 - 4.5K
NJ filing copy 2 - This is explained as the income earned in NY while living in NJ
State Wages Box 16 - 45K (derived from NJ Gross pay of 50K in additional notes)
State Tax Box 17 - 0.5K
The gross pay of NY + NJ copy 1 matches the overall Gross pay used for Federal calculations. NJ copy2 adds another, possibly duplicate, component.
However, when I add up taxes for NY + NJ copy 1 + NJ Copy 2, they match the total state taxes in box 17 of the Federal copy.
If I report both NJ wages, which I feel is duplicate, the wages don't add up and I get a duplicate error in Turbo Tax filing. If I delete the wages from NJ copy 2, but keep the taxes, then my refund become a bit too high, leading me to believe this could be wrong too.
I've spoken to my company payroll which explained the 2 NJ copies as I mentioned above. I also spoke to Turbo Tax live experts, who believe the W2 is wrong and are unable to help.
I'm already filing NY tax as non-resident. For NJ, should I keep both NJ wages and just delete the NY as duplicate. Please help with the 3 issues:
1. What are the correct wages and taxes to report for NJ?
2. Why is the income (both gross and taxable) earned in NY and reported to NJ, so much smaller than the NY Gross Pay?
2. How do I fix the duplicate error in TurboTax?
This is the closest I found in the forums but my case with 2 copies is a bit different. -Firm moved from New York to New Jersey
