I worked from Massachusetts, %100 remotely for an employer in Maryland. Since 2022, the employer started reporting MA in box 15 of W2 form (before, they used to report MD). Does a remote employee need to file tax return with MD? Has this question been definitely answered? Most answers I see online are subjective or merely an advice. According to the email I received from MyCOMConnect, I don't have to if I worked %100 remotely. Because the MD Comptroller website says that a nonresident must file Form 505 and Form 505NR if you have income from a profession or occupation carried on in Maryland; and then it says you don't have to file if you had no income from a Maryland source. The two statements don't seem mutually exclusive to me. So However, I requested some clarification from the same person from MyCOMConnect, he responded that he basically advised me based on the information received from his supervisors and that he doesn't legally represent comptroller legally. Does anyone one knows what exactly does MD Tax Law say about whether a MA employee who worked %100 remotely for an employer located in MD should file tax return with MD?
For the years 2022, 2023, 2024, I filed tax returns with both MA and MD. Turbotax had me complete the nonresident state first (i.e. MD), yet for 2024, I had to pay tax to MD of the amount close to $1400 though my income from that state was not more than $30,000, I had an amount of $100 deducted on each paycheck, and I filed as head of household claiming one dependent. I got return from MA for almost the same amount. Could something be wrong here? Note: I have been using Turbotax for many years, no chance that I had entered something wrong.
If I had not filed with MD (assuming that's what supposed to be done) then I wouldn't hear anything about owing any tax to MD, would my MA tax return have changed? I'm just curious to understand what Turbotax does behind the scene.
Thanks!
