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Working in a different state

Anonymous S — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:18:06 GMT

Hello, My 19yo son worked at a camp in Wisconsin but we live in Illinois. That was his only income. When we tried to file on TT, it had him complete returns for both states - is that right?

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Vanessa A — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:29:31 GMT

Did his employer withhold state taxes for WI? If so, then he would need to file a return for WI to get all of his taxes withheld back. Since WI and IL have reciprocal agreements, you only have to pay taxes to the state you live in, not the state you work in.

So, in this situation, if he did have WI taxes withheld, you would reduce his income for WI to $0, leaving the taxes withheld as they were. This will allow for a full refund of all taxes withheld.

You would then file your IL return and claim all income that he earned on the IL return.

Re: Working in a different state

Anonymous S — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:00:34 GMT

OK so we have to file a state tax form for him in both states but the return would come from IL?

Re: Working in a different state

MayaD — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:08:18 GMT

He would file in both states, a non-resident WI return and IL resident return. He would receive a refund from WI for taxes withheld.

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