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Bob Sandler
My adult daughter, who lives in New York City, worked in New
Jersey for part of 2003. All the work was done in the
employer's corporate headquarters in NJ. She did not do any
work in NY for this employer. However, the NJ employer
withheld taxes for both NJ and NY on the same income. Her
federal W-2 has two lines in boxes 15 - 17. One line shows
NJ wages and tax withheld, and the other line shows NY wages
and tax. The federal, NJ, and NY wages are all the same
amount, and are equal to the total amount she earned. In
other words, they did not split her wages between NJ and NY.
They reported her total wages as the state wages for both
states.
Her W-2 form has two state Copy 2s, one with just the NJ
information, and one with just the NY information. (They
also withheld NYC tax, and this is shown on the federal
copies B and C, and the NY copy 2.)
Was the employer correct to withhold tax for both states? If
not, does it matter to my daughter? Should she just file the
returns for both states (NY resident and NJ nonresident)
using the amounts on the W-2 as they are?
Bob Sandler
Jersey for part of 2003. All the work was done in the
employer's corporate headquarters in NJ. She did not do any
work in NY for this employer. However, the NJ employer
withheld taxes for both NJ and NY on the same income. Her
federal W-2 has two lines in boxes 15 - 17. One line shows
NJ wages and tax withheld, and the other line shows NY wages
and tax. The federal, NJ, and NY wages are all the same
amount, and are equal to the total amount she earned. In
other words, they did not split her wages between NJ and NY.
They reported her total wages as the state wages for both
states.
Her W-2 form has two state Copy 2s, one with just the NJ
information, and one with just the NY information. (They
also withheld NYC tax, and this is shown on the federal
copies B and C, and the NY copy 2.)
Was the employer correct to withhold tax for both states? If
not, does it matter to my daughter? Should she just file the
returns for both states (NY resident and NJ nonresident)
using the amounts on the W-2 as they are?
Bob Sandler