Hi,

Here is my situation and I am wondering if someone can confirm what I need to do:

I moved from Texas to New york city in October 2007. I work, however, in New Jersey.
My W-2 from my employer shows the following:

NJ State Income: $10000 (The amount I have earned since moving up there)
NY State Income: $50000 (The total amount I have earned for the year)

However, since I moved to New york/started working in NJ in October, shouldn't my NY state income match my NJ state income and the remaining $40 000 be marked on a separate W-2 for Texas, since that's where I lived when I earned that money?
Thanks!

Yes - your company messed up, and they need to issue you an amended W-2 to clear this up. You do not owe NY state or city any taxes on income you received prior to moving there. Have they been withholding income taxes for NJ, NY state, and NYC from your wages?

Thank you for your quick response.
I actually talked to my company's payroll department, and it turns out that, for whatever reason, NY state requires that all income earned for the year be shown in Box 16 (state income) of the W-2. Whereas New Jersey does not, apparently.

If I look at my W-2, in the NYC box, box 18-local/city taxes, however, it does show my income earned only while living in New York City.

So while I'm pretty sure my tax forms for New York City will make sense when you examine them (the tax form says that you just ratio the amount you earned while living in New York to the amount earned from the entire year), I still don't understand how I will be able to explain to NY state that most of my income was earned in Texas, not New York.

Also - Texas does not have state income tax, so I guess that's why it was not listed before under the state area on my W-2?

This is very confusing, no?