Tax Question: Working in NJ, living in PA

Couple of questions.

Do you get paid weekly or bi weekly?

How many deductions did you claim on your W-4?

Did you indicate on your withholding form that you expect not to pay taxes this year?

I can't tell what combination of events led to your deductions being zero from the Feds. SS and Medicare should come out no matter what, but if your earnings threshold is low enough (based on items one and two above) you might not have earned enough in the pay period for the software to think you'd owe any taxes on it.

there are earnings thresholds that you could be under that equal zero Federal Income Tax. You always pay SS and Med. If that didn't come out, then someone glitched your check.

Are you a US citizen? (Not sure with that funky Brit accent you have. ) I wonder if SS and Medicare come out of non citizen paychecks.

Dave

 

Chris,
Given the facts given:
Come tax time you will file a NJ non-resident return pay whatever taxes then file a PA return and get credit for taxes paid to New Jersey. The more sophisticated
payroll sevrice companies will actually take out taxes for both states accounting for the credit in the non-resident state. You should be aware that given enough income you may wind up paying a penalty to NJ for underpayment of tax throughout the year.

As far as not paying federal tax ,that is possible if that's what you indicated on your w4 but again this will make you unhappy at the end of the year if your income goes up. Why you are not paying FICA and Med, there are certain provision for government employees in certain jurisdictions that enable them to opt out of their pension plan and thereby avoid these two items, but i don't think that fits in your case. I would say double check with whomever takes care of these items in the company.