I live in Washington state but have gambling winnings (received W-2G) in Illinois. Do I need to file Illinois state tax return from Illinois gambling winnings, even though Washington state doesn't have income tax?
Did IL withhold state of IL taxes and what is approx amount of winnings?
Total amount of winnings is about $14,000. No Illinois state income tax withheld reported on W-2Gs.
If you were a nonresident of Illinois during the entire tax year, you must complete and file Form IL-1040 and Schedule NR if you earned enough taxable income from Illinois sources to have a tax liability (i.e., your Illinois base income from Schedule NR is greater than your Illinois exemption allowance on Schedule NR), or are entitled to a refund of Illinois Income Tax that was withheld from your pay in error.
See the links below as sources. The IL exemption allowance is approx $2,175 depending on your filing status, so an IL Non-Resident return is required to be filed.
http://www.revenue.state.il.us/taxforms/IncmCurrentYear/Individual/IL-1040-Schedule-NR-Instr.pdf
http://www.revenue.state.il.us/TaxForms/IncmCurrentYear/Individual/IL-1040-Schedule-NR.pdf
I guess my question is...gambling winnings are considered as income source, so I have to file Illionis state tax return to report the winnings regardless I'm an Illinois state resident or not. Correct?