Which State Tax do I need to file? If I work from Texas remote but my Employer is in Illinois

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February 21, 2026
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Hello.

My Employer is based in Illinois, and my office is in Illinois, but my organization allows us to work remotely only from 5 states, which include Wisconsin. I currently have a Wisconsin address as my primary address on W2, but for the full 2025 year, I worked remotely from Texas. Texas is not one of the 5 states that my organization accepts as primary address. In this case, which state tax do I need file?
FYI: Currently on my W2 Illinois tax is witheld.

xmasbaby0

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TX has no state income tax so there is nothing to file for TX. If you lived and worked in TX for the whole year, then you need to file a non-resident IL return to seek a refund of the IL tax that the employer withheld. And request that the employer stop withholding IL tax since you do not live or work in IL. As for the WI address--not sure why you are using that as your primary address----sounds like that needs to change too.

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