Nonresident(?) State Tax

[krishna_rao]

What is the name of your state? NJ

Hello,

I am new to this forum and so, please, excuse if this is a repeat question. I am a H-1B nonimmigrant Software Engineer working at a client site in New Jersey for a Software Consulting Services firm registered and based in the state of Illinois. My company withholds IL state taxes. Is this correct? Or should my company withhold NJ taxes for me? I claimed nonresident status with IL and requested a refund. Separately, I paid NJ taxes alongwith the return filed to NJ. Did I do this correctly? Please comment.

Thank you for you time.

Krishna

 

[FlyingRon]

What is the name of your state? NJ

Hello,

I am new to this forum and so, please, excuse if this is a repeat question. I am a H-1B nonimmigrant Software Engineer working at a client site in New Jersey for a Software Consulting Services firm registered and based in the state of Illinois. My company withholds IL state taxes. Is this correct? Or should my company withhold NJ taxes for me? I claimed nonresident status with IL and requested a refund. Separately, I paid NJ taxes alongwith the return filed to NJ. Did I do this correctly? Please comment.

Thank you for you time.

Krishna

If you reside in New Jersey, then you are right that your company should be withholding NJ taxes. It sounds like you did the right thing when you filed.

 

[abezon]

Barring further info like your dates of residence in IL & NJ, it sounds like you did it right. You should probably tell payroll to withhold NJ taxes & not IL taxes. If they won't, ask the state of NJ to send them a letter. That usually gets results. If the company has not been withholding NJ taxes this year, you need to be sending estimated quarterly payments to NJ.