TomD8
Level 15

State tax filing

For state income tax purposes, the relevant concept in your situation is one of domicile.  You can have only domicile at a time.  If NJ is still your state of domicile, then all your income is taxable by NJ - regardless of how many or how few months you actually stay in NJ.  NJ has a tax publication that explains the concept of domicile in detail.  Here's a link to that publication:

https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/pubs/tgi-ee/git6.pdf

 

In order to become a tax resident of Florida, you would have to abandon your domicile in NJ and establish a new domicile in Florida.

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.