Residency and state taxes

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August 8, 2021
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I worked for the same employer and lived in Maryland for all of 2019. In 2020 I moved to West Virginia but still worked in Maryland. I have never worked in West Virginia or had any income from West Virginia but my W2 says I made money in both states!

Hal_Al

Level 15

Your W-2 does not say you made money in both states. It only says you had income tax withheld for both states. You employer did it correctly.

MD & WV are "reciprocal states". Once you moved to WV, you employer shoulda stopped withholding MD tax and started withholding WV tax. You are now only taxed, on wages/salary, by WV, not MD. Staring in 2021, you will not longer file a MD tax return.

Mimi3586Author

Level 2

Box 15 has both MD & WV and there are 2 different amounts in box 16 & 17

Mike9241

Level 15

for MD, if you haven't done so already you should submit form MW507 to your employer so only WV income taxes are withheld. some employers may do the correct withholding automatically without the form

https://www.marylandtaxes.gov/forms/current_forms/mw507.pdf