deodiaus[at]yahoo.com wrote:

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You need to file a NJ nonresident return to report the
income and claim the withholding as a credit against the tax
liability. If you only worked there for two months, you may
have a refund coming.

If you have a tax liability to NJ based on the amount of
income you earned there, you should amend your NY state
income tax return to claim credit for the tax you paid to
NJ. Your employer was correct to withhold NJ rather than NY
tax. By allowing a resident credit for taxes paid to
another state, the residence state (in your case, NY)
effectively cedes the tax to the source state (NJ in this
case).

Katie in San Diego

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I live in NY, but worked in NJ for 2 months. My employer
paided my state taxes to NJ, not to NY. What do I have to
do to be tax complient. Can I just file in NY as a resident
and make any adjustments to NY. Or do I have to file as NJ
non-resident.

Thanks,
Deodiaus

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