I am a US citizen but do not live in the US. My previous state of residency was Iowa, but I have not lived in Iowa for 7 years. Do I need to file a state return?

[spaneasy55]

I have lived and worked abroad for a foreign company for 7 years. I retired mid-2018 and now live in Colombia, SA. I have filed state taxes in previous years because I still had a US property. However, I did not have any US property in 2018. I do receive a pension from the state of Illinois, which I included in my federal return. Do I need to file an Iowa return as a non-resident or can I skip it?

[MichaelMc · Accepted solution]

If you neither live in, work in, nor own property in Iowa, you have no tax filing liability with the state. Filing your federal tax return is all you need do.