Submitted by saltytar t3_10pkf30 in personalfinance
Long time lurker & first time poster -
I'm a commercial sailor and wife works a corporate job.
As a sailor, I'm union and jump from ships to ships, belonging to various cos and hence get atleast 2 to 3 W2s through the year.
We sold our house in Bayonne, NJ for professional reasons and moved to Ridgefield, CT in October, 2022.
The problem that has arisen is that 2 of the W2s that we've received shows the Ridgefield, CT address & have linked the NJ & the CT earnings together.
The wife worked for the CT corporate, while still living in NJ for 3 months and have received the W2 for the total on the CT address. I've worked for a shipping line and the same problem.
Meanwhile, we had paid the NJ state taxes on our income in full advance for the year 2022, while doing 2021 taxes. So, a refund should be available!?
The question is should we go thru the pay stubs and manually show the state difference while filing taxes or just file everything in CT.
And then, there are the various 1099s from investments, etc. Same conundrum.
I use Turbo Tax to file taxes & would prefer not to go to a CPA.
What do I do? Please help.
Gluvin t1_j6kyklv wrote
You need to pay the state taxes for money earned while you were a resident in that state. The best way to do this is to contact your HR department and ask for a corrected W-2 (W-2C). Some companies can be pain’s getting this done but it will be the best because then your taxes and the company’s payroll submissions will match. If they don’t do it, you don’t get out of jail free. You still need to report correctly on your taxes the income you earned in each state.