Live in IN, remote work in CA

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June 20, 2022
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I live in IN and just started working remotely for a company in CA. Likely, I would never visit CA for work. Which state am I going to pay tax?

DoninGA

Level 15

If you never work or live in California and CA state income taxes are not withheld from your wages then you would only have to file a an Indiana state income tax return for your state income.

You should have IN state taxes withheld from your wages by the CA company. If not, then you will need to pay Indiana estimated tax payments during the year.

Hal_Al

Level 15

The other answer is correct if you are a regular W-2 employee. If you are a contract worker (you receive a 1099-NEC), the answer is different.

Due to a 2019 court ruling in CA, if you are a sole proprietor and you provide services to a client located in CA, that income is taxable by CA - even if you never set foot in California.

TomD8

Alumni - Champ

And if you are a W-2 employee and will never work within California, request that your company's payroll office withhold only Indiana taxes from your pay.

If they can't or won't do that, you'll have to make quarterly estimated tax payments to Indiana. You can read the details about that here:

https://www.in.gov/dor/individual-income-taxes/payments-and-billing/estimated-tax/

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.