interesting tax question

[chipy]

if your permanent residence is in a state with no state income tax (e.g. Texas) and you move to another state that has tax (e.g. Cali or Pennsylvania), and if you don't know how long you're gonna be there (but you'll be working there while you're there), can you avoid paying state income taxes by claiming that your permanent residence is in another state with no state income tax?

i'd be especially interested to hear from the U.S. military crowd or federal government employees since they move around a lot, but others are welcome too.

thankya - chipy

 

[BoomerD]

Most states that have state income tax, have a "part-year" provision in the tax code. If you work there, you are still going to have state taxes withheld from your pay, and you will have to file at the end of the year. Especially if you are going to get a refund.

I've travelled a LOT in construction, often being in a state for only a couple of weeks. I always had to pay state taxes on the monies earned there if they had a state tax.

 

[mwtgg]

Nonresidents. PA law taxes you on the income you earn, receive, or realize from PA sources.

 

[chipy]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Nonresidents. PA law taxes you on the income you earn, receive, or realize from PA sources.

thanx BoomerD for your input.

mwtgg - can you please give me a source for your quote? as it happens, even though i'm working in Pennsylvania, my income is paid by a military activity in Pensacola, FL (not a PA source).

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: chipy

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Nonresidents. PA law taxes you on the income you earn, receive, or realize from PA sources.

thanx BoomerD for your input.

mwtgg - can you please give me a source for your quote? as it happens, even though i'm working in Pennsylvania, my income is paid by a military activity in Pensacola, FL (not a PA source).

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue

 

[ThaGrandCow]

I moved to Texas a few years ago, I've been fighting with the Marines since the day I moved here to stop taking VA state taxes out.

Think an infinite loop of "oh, you're still taking VA state taxes out of my paycheck, lets try to get it fixed this month." "Fill out this paperwork, it'll be fixed next paycheck." "OK thanks." *next paycheck* "oh, you're still taking VA state taxes out of my paycheck, lets try to get it fixed this month..."

Being a reservist, I guess I don't rate all that high on the care-o-meter, but still, after like 3 years of me fighting with them to just change the state they take taxes for you'd think it would have been done by now. I'm about 1.5 years from being done with them, and I'll be trying until the last day to get them to change my friggin home of record for tax purposes.

 

[FoBoT]

military are residents of their "home of record" , so they pay state tax according to the rules for the state they lived in when they entered the service, not the state they are stationed in


but they can change their state of residency however to the state they are currently stationed in if they choose, but they can't change it back

i think, something like that

 

[chipy]

does that home of record rule apply to civil service employees working for the military?

chipy

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: chipy
as it happens, even though i'm working in Pennsylvania, my income is paid by a military activity in Pensacola, FL (not a PA source).

it doesn't matter if you are paid from Mars. if you work in PA it is considerd PA sourced and you will need to pay PA tax on it.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: chipy
does that home of record rule apply to civil service employees working for the military?

chipy

No

 

[woowoo]

Originally posted by: amish

Originally posted by: chipy
as it happens, even though i'm working in Pennsylvania, my income is paid by a military activity in Pensacola, FL (not a PA source).

it doesn't matter if you are paid from Mars. if you work in PA it is considerd PA sourced and you will need to pay PA tax on it.

Unless you are in the millitary.....