State Taxes wrongly paid to Mass instead of NJ for several months?
My company paid state taxes to the wrong state for several months and now I have two W-2's. What do I have to file to get this money back? We moved to New Jersey from Massachusetts at the end of 07' and I worked in Newark NJ for all of 08'. I had told the company to change my residence when we moved here but they "FORGOT" and I did not catch it myself right away. So now none of the numbers make sense and I'm not sure which forms to file to correct this problem.
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You will report all your income for the year to New Jersey on a New Jersey resident tax return. You will probably have a balance due. You can file a nonresident tax return to Massachusetts and on it put down that you had no Massachusetts wages or income. Your tax liability will be zero to MA and you will be owed a full refund of your state income tax withholding. A note should be added to your MA return explaining that you moved in December 2007 from MA to NJ and that your employer was late in updating your address and so some of your wages were erroneously ascribed to MA in 2008. Richard K Enrolled Agent This advice is based upon my understanding of the tax law in effect at the time is was written as it applies to the facts provided by you. See my profile for more information
My company paid state taxes to the wrong state for several months and now I have two W-2's. What do I have to file to get this money back? We moved to New Jersey from Massachusetts at the end of 07' and I worked in Newark NJ for all of 08'. I had told the company to change my residence when we moved here but they "FORGOT" and I did not catch it myself right away. So now none of the numbers make sense and I'm not sure which forms to file to correct this problem.
United States - 1 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
You will report all your income for the year to New Jersey on a New Jersey resident tax return. You will probably have a balance due. You can file a nonresident tax return to Massachusetts and on it put down that you had no Massachusetts wages or income. Your tax liability will be zero to MA and you will be owed a full refund of your state income tax withholding. A note should be added to your MA return explaining that you moved in December 2007 from MA to NJ and that your employer was late in updating your address and so some of your wages were erroneously ascribed to MA in 2008. Richard K Enrolled Agent This advice is based upon my understanding of the tax law in effect at the time is was written as it applies to the facts provided by you. See my profile for more information
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