NJ Resident Working in FL

[yash0424patel]

If I am a New Jersey resident, but live and physically work in Florida will I owe NJ income tax on the money I earned in Florida? Florida doesn't have state income tax. 

[Critter]

As long as you are a NJ resident the state of NJ will tax you on ALL your income no matter where you earn it.

[yash0424patel]

@Critter the only thing I have in NJ is a NJ driver license. I don't have a home in NJ. I just moved to FL and got an apartment and a new job down here. Does that mean NJ will still tax me on my income? What if I keep my NJ driver license?

[xmasbaby0]

Sounds like its time for you to learn what Florida's law is regarding obtaining a FL drivers' license now that you live in FL.   You have thirty days.

https://www.dmvflorida.org/drivers-license/drivers-license-oos

If you moved to FL in 2019, you will file a partial year NJ tax return.  You do not live in NJ anymore if you do not live, work, or own property there.  Your DL does not make you a NJ resident.

[TomD8]

To expand on what @xmasbaby0 said, you became a FL resident (and ceased being an NJ resident) on the date you began living in your new main or permanent home in FL.  NJ can tax all your income up until that date.  Your drivers license is irrelevant for purposes of determining residency.

For example, if a taxpayer moves to Florida and begins living in his new, permanent home in Florida on July 1st, and does not obtain his Florida drivers license until September 1st, he is a legal Florida resident as of July 1st.

Once you've become a FL resident, NJ can tax you only on NJ-source income.  NJ-source income is income from work actually performed in NJ, or work done remotely for an NJ-based employer, if you work remotely for your own convenience rather than the convenience of the employer.