ckulmacz
New Member

State tax filing

Hi! I have a unique scenario:

My employer and office is in VA. For the first half of the year (from Jan 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019) I lived in Virginia. Then I moved to DC July 1, 2019 but continued to work in VA. Also, my employer didn't inform me that I had to file the VA-4 to be exempt from VA income tax until I already received three paychecks (so I was paying both VA and DC income taxes for a month and a half). I know I'll have to claim a credit on my tax return (indicating the amount I had to pay in VA taxes while a DC resident before the VA-4 form was filed).

 

However, the bigger issue I'm having is how to file the state tax return. Since I was a Virginia resident for less than 183 days (183 days would have been July 3, 2019) does that make me a nonresident for VA or am I a part-year resident? And then I'm assuming for DC I would simply be a part-year resident, correct?

 

Additionally, on my W2, both state's wages are listed. However, the wages for VA list my entire year's wages (let's say $100) while the wages for DC only list the amount I earned while I was a DC resident (let's say $60). So when I'm filing for Virginia should I put the wages as only the wages earned while a VA resident (per the example, this would be $100-$60 = $40) or do I put exactly what's on the W2 as the entire year's wages ($100)? And then for DC, I'm assuming I indicate the amount listed on my W2 ($60) not $0, even though my office was always in VA, correct?