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MGC94
Level 7
April 3, 2026
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NJ/PA

  • April 3, 2026
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Taxpayer moved from PA to NJ in June 2025

Taxpayer did not file REV-419

Taxpayer’s W-2 reflects all PA wages (Boxes 16–19).

Spouse’s W-2 reflects both PA and NJ wages.

Taxpayer Box 16 wages: $162,000 Taxpayer local wages (Box 18): $162,000 Taxpayer local tax (Box 19): $1,700

Spouse local wages (Box 18): $110,000 Spouse local tax (Box 19): $1,200

For the PA gross compensation worksheet, should I allocate the taxpayer’s Box 16 wages 50/50 ($81,000 for PA and $81,000 for NJ)?

For NJ credit purposes (NJCOJ)

Should the taxpayer’s local wages ($162,000) and local tax ($1,700) be split 50/50 since REV-419 was not filed?

For the spouse, since REV-419 was filed, should their local wages/taxes remain fully allocated to PA (i.e., no split and no NJ credit)?

 

For dividends and capital gains during the year of the move

Is a 50/50 allocation acceptable for part-year residency?

Or is it necessary to allocate based on actual transaction dates (pre- vs. post-move) because that seems like it would talk hours based on the number of sales and dividends

 

Thank you for your help   

1 reply

Skylane
Intuit Community Champion
April 3, 2026

The tax home changed in June, so part year PA and Part year NJ. Because of reciprocity, 1st 6 months income goes to PA… 2nd 6 months to NJ.

Allocate int and div same way… according to where they lived….6 months/6 months 

NJ COJ should only contemplate 6 months of PA local taxes.

id break it down on a piece of paper before trying to make the worksheets make sense… 

Hint:  on NJ return, you can drill down on the wages line twice to get to a super secret worksheet to allocate state wages

 

 

If at first you don’t succeed…..find a workaround
MGC94
MGC94Author
Level 7
April 3, 2026

So you can 

Allocate int and div same way… according to where they lived….6 months/6 months 

Instead of by the date? 

sjrcpa
Level 15
April 3, 2026

If you have the actual dates when the income was earned that is the correct way to allocate the income.

The more I know the more I don’t know.