State tax filing

The part-year Georgia income tax return is not ‘informational’. Additional, you will file a GA return for 2022 if you continue to live in GA.

 

Georgia says: “If you are a legal resident of Georgia for only a portion of the tax year and are required to file a Federal income tax return, you are required to file a Georgia income tax return.”

See page 9: Georgia Department of Revenue 2021

 

Other state tax credit

In practice, you will not owe any tax if your only income is from your New York job because the tax rate for New York is generally higher the rate for Georgia. For example, if the NY tax on your income is 8% and the GA rate on the same income is 5%, GA will give you a credit of up to 5%, the total amount of your GA tax due.