W2

[ediehl50]

I live in Kansas and work both in Kansas and in Missouri. On my W2 form in Box 1 is total wages for both states. In box 15 they have both states listed and in box 16 they have wages earned for each state and in box 17 for state tax they have $$ amounts listed for each withheld.  

I am wondering why I have to pay in large amount of state taxes for Kansas and made less than half of what i earned in Missouri and barely ow any state tax for Missouri?  
Am I getting taxed on total wages for both states ?  Help

Do I get taxed on adjusted gross income on Federal tax  form for KS state tax? 

For example: in Box 15 for State of Ks for state wages in box 16 is $15,000 and for state of Missouri is 34,000 should I not just get taxed on what I made in Kansas instead of being taxed on the total adjusted wages? 

[KrisD15]

Do you live AND work from home in Kansas for an employer located in Missouri or something else? 

Why did your employer split-up your income between two different states?  

Neither Kansas nor Missouri tax out-of-state remote workers, they each tax their residents for the income their residents earn. 

[ediehl50]

I live and work in Kansas and I travel to work in Missouri part of the time as a nonresident. I am a painter

Should I not just get state taxed on the wages I made in Kansas  and then get taxed for wages for state taxes in Missouri? 

[Hal_Al]

The general rule is (and it applies in this case): your report all your income on your home state return, even the income earned out of state. You file a non-resident state return for the state you worked in and pay tax to that state. Your home state will give you a credit, or partial credit, for what you paid the non-resident state. You will have to file a non resident MO state return and pay MO tax on the income earned there.. You will also file a KS full year resident return and calculate tax on ALL your income. KS will give you a credit, or partial credit, for the tax you pay MO. So, there will be little or no double taxation, but you have the cost and hassle of filing two state returns. Do the nonresident state return first.

[TomD8]

"I live and work in Kansas and I remotely work in Missouri"

Just to clarify: MO taxes nonresidents only on income from work physically performed within Missouri.  If you work remotely from a location in Kansas for a Missouri employer, then your income from that work is taxed only by Kansas, not by Missouri.  See Nonresidents of Missouri at the top of page 3 of the instructions for Missouri Form MO-NRI:

https://dor.mo.gov/forms/MO-NRI_2023.pdf

[ediehl50]

Basically my employer should of taxed me for Kansas on the total amount earned in Box 1 for all wages earned. It looks like they only held out tax on amount made in Kansas for Kansas state taxes withheld.. 

Total wages Box 1.  $47000.   KS tax withheld $573 and MO Tax withheld $900 on $31389(wages earned in MO.)

So they did not hold enough tax out...

[TomD8]

@ediehl50 --

If you never physically worked in MO in 2023, and you will never physically work in MO in 2024, then you may want to submit a new MO-W4 form to your MO employer, checking the first box in Item 4:

https://dor.mo.gov/forms/MO%20W-4.pdf

This will tell your employer not to withhold MO taxes from your pay.  Do this only if you're sure you will do no work in MO this year.

And if you're only going to work in a Kansas location, you should ask them to withhold KS taxes for you.  If they do not do so, you should make quarterly estimated tax payments to KS.  You can make those payments online here:

https://www.ksrevenue.gov/eserviiest.html