Before I realized the headache this was going to cause me, I invested in several energy stocks for their high dividend stream not realizing I was going to have earned income from multiple states. I have been able to find some information online, and contact a few state tax agencies, but am wondering if anyone can tell me which states I need to file individual returns with. I am an Ohio resident and earned $1 in New York, $10 in Pennsylvania, $4 in Louisiana, $2 in Illinois, $1 in Mississippi, $1 in Michigan, $1 in New Jersey and $2 in New Mexico. Thanks for the help.
without looking at each state's requirement I would say those amounts are too small to require filing in any of the non-resident states.
Here's the thing, I earned $7 in North Dakota and have to file with them, and $1 in West Virginia and have to file with them. But the $3 I earned in Kansas does not require me to file. So I was hoping someone had a list of what states require, because some states do have to earn over $1000 or some other number, and not all of these states have friendly taxation websites or easy ways to contact an actual human when I have tried to email or call and speak to someone.
Based on the income mentioned, you would not owe any taxes to the said states, so you would not have to file an individual return in those states. It might be different if the slight income or losses were from an active income source, but this is not. If you are active in a state and have huge losses, you would still file. But here, you would not.