topic Working for MA remotely from FL in State tax filing

Working for MA remotely from FL

maks863 — Tue, 24 May 2022 00:20:45 GMT

Hello,

I am a current resident of NY accepting a job for a MA-based company. 4 weeks after I start employment I am permanently relocating from NY to FL and will become a resident of FL. I have never been a resident of MA.

I will never travel to MA or do any work out of MA. I will be working from home in NY first (for 4 weeks) and then from FL.

Could you please help me figure to which state I will owe my state taxes?

I am assuming that I will need to pay NY state taxes for the 4 weeks I work from NY. But what happens after I move to FL?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Re: Working for MA remotely from FL

SundayInSalem — Tue, 24 May 2022 13:39:58 GMT

Once you move to Florida and abandon your New York residency, you will not pay NY income tax.

File a part-year New York return and report all income earned while you lived in NY, including the first four weeks while you worked remotely from NY.

The rest is Florida income. Florida has no income tax so you don’t have to file a state return.

Massachusetts does not tax nonresidents. None of your income is taxable to MA and you don’t have to file a MA return.

Re: Working for MA remotely from FL

TomD8 — Tue, 24 May 2022 13:49:14 GMT

"Massachusetts does not tax nonresidents."

Not exactly. Massachusetts does tax nonresidents on Massachusetts-source income. For example, a Connecticut resident who works in MA is subject to MA (and CT) income tax.

What is correct is that MA does not tax nonresident remote workers - nonresidents whose work is 100% carried on from a location outside MA.

Work income is "sourced" where the work is actually (physically) performed.

Re: Working for MA remotely from FL

maks863 — Tue, 24 May 2022 13:47:20 GMT

Thank you!