I live in NJ and work in PA do i have to file state tax with PA?

Answer 1

heres what i found

Pennsylvania

Residents of Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia who work in Pennsylvania can claim exemption from withholding for the Pennsylvania income tax by filing form REV-420, Employee's Statement of Nonresidence in Pennsylvania and Authorization to Withhold Other State's Income Tax, with their employer.

You will need to file a PA-40 Income Tax Return if your employer withheld Pennsylvania taxes in error. Be sure to indicate your residency status as "nonresident." Do not list your compensation on the tax return. The only figure you will enter on the return is the amount of PA State Tax withheld by your employer. This same figure is entered on lines 13, 24, 28 and 29. Submit a legible photocopy of your Form W-2, and a signed copy of the resident income tax return that you filed/will file with your resident state (without the supporting forms and schedules), and a statement explaining that you were a resident of a reciprocal agreement state.

Answer 2

Yes, you'd file a non-resident return for PA and a resident return with NJ. You shouldn't get taxed twice on the same income.

Answer 3

I used to live in India and was studying and working in US, MI. I paid the MI state tax for the year 1987. You don't pay taxes because it is mandatory, you pay out of gratitude for what the government does for you.