Lived in PA in 06 and worked in NJ from 10/06 - 12/06. Should I file a 2006 NJ state income tax return?

Question

In Oct 06 I accepted a job in NJ. However I continued to live in PA for all of 2006 (01/06 - 12/06). Only PA state taxes were withheld from my paycheck. We moved to NJ in 02/07 and I will have to enter my new address on the 1040 and the PA state tax return? Is this OK? Do I also need to file a NJ partial year non-resident tax return?
Thank you for your response.

Answer 1

Totally what Bostonian said!
You are using your new address on your filing, but for the '06 tax year, your State is PA, Full year resident. You didn't move in or out in '06.

good luck & bless

Answer 2

You won't need to file a NJ state return for 2006.

NJ and PA have a reciprocity agreement in place that exempts your NJ sourced income from NJ taxation as long as you are a PA resident.

All of your tax returns should show your current address on them as that's where any refunds or correspondence will be sent.

Answer 3

You will have to file both unfortunately. You will have to file for working out of your residential state, and in the state you resided in. Hopefully they remembered to withhold taxes not only from the place you lived (based on residential) but also from the city you worked at, because if not you might actually end up oweing because you did not pay enough. But check the laws in your state and the state your worked in.

In my state I worked in a different county than where I lived, and I paid taxes for the city that I worked in, the city that I lived in plus state taxes.

I ended up getting back all the money that I paid out that went for the city that I worked in plus 1/2 of what I paid out for the city that I lived in because they actually withheld more than what they should have.

Plus when I filed for my federal taxes I was able to claim this as a tax write off.

Answer 4

yes you do