tk01kj
Returning Member

Should I have paid VA state income tax if I never lived in VA while working my job based in WA?

VA tax department mentioned I might have incorrectly paid $550 in taxes to the state in 2017 when I didn't need to. I worked entirely in WA in 2017 but for less than 120 days of internship, but I earned over $30k on W2. For over 90 days I lived in VA but I was not working. For another 150 days I was out of the country and also not working. But 2017 VA still requires that I file a tax return and I ended up having to pay $550 taxes to VA even though all the income I earned in 2017 was in WA. But I never worked while living in VA even though my work period in 2017 was only 120 days and those 120 days I was in WA and VA I was only there for 90 days and the rest I was outside the country