New Jersey Income tax 2020

[Joffre55]

I filled my New Jersey Income tax, before the tax brake of $10200. Do I have to send an amended State Income tax?

[LenaH]

No. The state of New Jersey does not tax Unemployment Insurance benefits.

Instructions for the 2020 NJ-1040

[Joffre55]

Hi, I made my state income tax before the tax brake of $10200. I got a refund of $43. Later, I checked my computer and I saw that Turbo tax had updated information about my Income Taxes. In this update a had new amount of money return for Federal and State Income taxes. I know I do not need to do anything about the Federal Income tax. My worried is about the State. Now I have a refund of $221. My question is: I have to do something about my state income tax? Do I have to send it again? Thanks

[DanielV01]

It's unlikely.  What could have happened is that the unemployment was "double-subtracted" from your New Jersey return.  Since New Jersey does not tax unemployment anyways, your unemployment was not included in New Jersey income on the original return.  However, when the Federal return got updated, and the income subtracted out of your gross income, the same may have happened a second time on your New Jersey "updated" return.  Don't send it without reviewing the return to make sure that this isn't the case.

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@DanielV01 

That would be a bug in TurboTax, would it not ?

If so, it is affecting all NJ filers using TurboTax.