States have different rules and the rules of one state don’t have to line up with the rules of another state.
Tax Expert @HelenC12 provided a very general explanation and said, “There might be some states that tax your bonus if it was sourced in their state” so there is no contradiction between her answer said those provided by other tax experts @purplejar.
Tax Experts @DianeW777 and @ThomasM125 responded to questions about how specific states handle bonus payments.
The reason a nonresident state would tax bonus income is because the bonus is due to work performed in the past. You did a good job in 2020 in your old state, so you were paid a bonus in 2021. Therefore the bonus is directly related to what you did in the old state. If you did a bad job, you would not have been paid a bonus. That's how some states think.
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