@EOGran wrote:
I am retired due to health. We file jointly. He is a remote worker for a company in Louisiana but we live in Texas. He does not ever work in Louisiana. The company sent them home for the company's benefit long before Covid. They supply no office equipment or phone etc. Texas has no state tax but Louisiana does. TT has not led me to file for Louisiana. Perhaps the law has changed. This has now also has not just us but also many workers who also live thousands of miles away from Louisiana supposedly owing several thousand dollars in their state tax
Louisiana is testing you. They probably get payroll records from the employer, and want to know why you aren't paying state income tax. LA does not tax remote work. Per the law cited above, you don't own LA income tax unless you physically live or perform the work in LA. (For example, if he worked 1 week per year in LA, he would owe tax as a non-resident on 1/52th of his income. Or, some people might live in Texas and commute across the border to work, they would be taxed in LA.) If you receive a demand letter, you should reply with an explanation that you live out of state, never work within the state, and include whatever documents you think will help prove that.
