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I am a merchant mariner. I live in Washington state but worked for companies based in Massachusetts, Florida and Maryland. Do I need to file any state returns?
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June 4, 2019
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State tax filing
This is fairly common. Unless your employer reported earnings and withholding in any of those states, you probably don't need to check "I earned money in another state" or file returns.
Basically, out of state income would be income for services performed outside of Washington. Your W-2, if it was work performed in WA, is not out-of-state income. It does not matter that the company is based in MA or Maryland, but that the work was performed in WA. Florida doesn't have a state income tax so that's irrelevant.
If you have additional questions or details regarding this, please feel free to post in the comments for further clarification.
Here's some more info on that:
https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/5733903
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State tax filing
So I should contact my employer to determine whether or not my earnings were reported/state taxes withheld? Or can I find that information on my W2? Looking at them for MD and MA, there is no information in the bottom half (state) section of either.
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State tax filing
Exactly, if it's not on the bottom of any of the W-2 copies, you should be OK. The IRS along with state governments receive copies if there's taxable income. Hope this helps. Good Luck!
June 4, 2019
12:28 PM