wowbagger
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Do I have to pay NY state taxes (as a non-resident alien, since I'm on an F-1 visa for less than 5 years) on my internship income and signing bonus for a job in Seattle?

Details:

  • Grad school in NYC - not a US Citizen/Permanent Resident, in F-1 status for ~1.5 years by end of 2017
  • Internship in Seattle, WA for 2.25 months (Summer 2017)
  • Return job offer in Seattle, WA
  • Signing Bonus paid ~October 2017, while I was in NYC
  • Only withholding on my W-2 is Federal
  • Sprintax suggests I should pay NY State taxes, although this seems wrong, since the income(s) were not sourced in NY state