I live in South Carolina but work in Georgia, how are my state taxes paid?

[AnnetteB6]

In general, you will file a resident return for South Carolina and a non-resident return for Georgia.  Then, on your South Carolina return you will claim a credit for taxes paid to another state so that your income is not taxed by both states.  Be sure to complete your Georgia return first.

Georgia will tax the income because you earned it in that state.  South Carolina will tax the income because you were a resident when you earned the income.  But, the credit will help to reduce the South Carolina tax burden because the income was already taxed by Georgia.

[DoninGA]

You will have to file a Georgia nonresident tax return reporting your income and the Georgia taxes withheld while working in Georgia.  On your South Carolina tax return you will get an Other State Credit for the taxes paid in Georgia.

Complete the nonresident return before completing the South Carolina return so the tax credit will flow to the SC return.

In the My Info section of the return you will need to indicate that you made money in another state and then select Georgia from the dropdown.