I (married, joint) am a part-year resident of CT and NJ, working in NY.
I received separate W-2 forms for federal, NY, CT, and NJ based on the days we stayed in CT and NJ (approx. 25%, 75%). I also noticed NJ W-2 was slightly high, given that NJ did not deduct tax from retirement contributions (401k, ira,hsa). So, adding NJ and CT W-2 income surpassed the Federal and NY income.
After preparing NY tax and getting the total tax and refund amount, I allocated 25% of the NY tax to CT and received some tax refund on the TurboTax online system as it should be.
For NJ tax, I was given 3 incomes (NY, CT, NJ all different numbers) and checked the NY and CT income boxes, so that I could only report the NJ income.
However, while preparing for NJ return, the double-taxed income was not automatically generated and I had to manually figure out the double-taxed portion of the NJ income: NY income / 75% = NJ double-taxed income, instead of NJ W-2 income which was higher.
Example: W-2 NJ was $12000, but I calculate the double-taxed income based on NY W-2 $10000 x 75% = $7500 as double-taxed income.
Also, no matter what numbers I entered here, I received lower tax credit from NY than I expected and the system showed I owed tax to NJ.
For example,
NY total tax: $1000
(My expectation) NJ tax credit: $750 (75%)
(TurboTax) NJ tax credit: $550 (55%), and tax owed to NJ: $100.
Q1. Did I calculate the double-taxed income correctly? Or should I enter W-2 NJ income as is?
Q2. Why do I get this huge discrepancy in tax credit, and is there a way to correct it using online Turbotax?
Thank you for your time and help. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
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1. Great job in understanding the difference in taxable income between NJ and NY. The NY income at 75% sounds great for the double taxed income based on your description.
2. You get credit for the lower state tax on the lowest taxable amount.
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