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Domicile and statutory residency - DC and MD
The jurisdictions in question are DC and MD.
I lived what I thought would be temporarily in MD from January through more than the 183 days needed to establish statutory residency. I did not take any steps to change my residency officially, including changing my state tax withholding, as I did not expect to be staying in MD for as long as I did. Circumstances changed, and I ended up giving up my DC residence (where I paid rent and utilities, received financial mail, remained my official address for all documentation purposes, and kept the vast majority of my belongings) late in the year and moved to MD officially. Only at that time did I change my state withholding to MD, my address on my mail, my voter registration, etc. I work mostly from home, so I worked in MD for the entire year with the exception of some days in the office in DC.
My understanding from what I've read is that I need to file as a full-year resident of MD and as a part-year resident of DC (ending when I moved to MD "for real"). I've had to do multi-state filing in the past; am I able in this case to claim taxes paid/owed to DC against my MD tax liability? Or have I totally screwed myself by being a resident of two states with reciprocity simultaneously, which I've read might be the case? Thank you in advance for any help!