joanmcq Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Client's daughter is student at Mt. Holyoke, domicile is NJ. She goes home for the summer. so she had W2 from Mt Holyoke and another for her summer job in NJ. Filing resident NJ return. Last year the amount earned in MA was negligible and below the filing requirement, this year it's $4300. I'm hoping I don't have to file MA, but if I do, is she a resident (was in MA over 183 days), PY or NR? How does MA consider students that go to school there but are domiciled elsewhere? If she's NR, then no filing. If considered resident, then we have double taxed income... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possi Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 She's a NR for MA. If you are not required to file (I don't know), there still might be enough state tax withholding to file and get that back. It's just a consideration. If NJ taxes all income, including MA, there's probably a tax credit for taxes paid to MA. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Possi has it correct; NR for Mass. If any tax needs to be paid for MA then there should be a NJ credit. Probably close to the dollar amount for MA since NJ taxes are even higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanmcq Posted April 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 She’s under the filing requirements for NR MA. Thanks for the quick response, especially this time of year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 So you need MA *only* if tax was withheld and she wants it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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