I'm wondering why i have to pay DE tax due if i wasn't even in this state for a year?

[hbl3973]

Was there any mention of DE on your W-2 or 1099's?

[BobB7]

Do you mean that you didn't live in DE at all in 2016?

[jackson-letitia2]

Yea i moved to de. From nj in sept. 2016

[hbl3973 · Accepted solution]

As you became a DE resident in 2016, you are subject to DE tax as a part-year resident.  The way that tax is computed is that a tentative tax is calculated as if you were a DE resident for the whole year and that amount is then prorated by the percentage of income actually earned in DE. 

[BobB7]

And you file a part-year NJ return, so the NJ tax for 2016 is less than a year's worth and the DE covers the other part of the year.

[jackson-letitia2]

Thank you both. You are appreciated! @hbl3973. @BobB7

[BobB7]

If you had no income at all (salary, interest, pension, Social Security, etc) while you lived in DE, then you would owe DE no tax.

[jackson-letitia2]

Got you. Thank you so very much!