Worked in One State Part Year and Worked Remote and Out of State the Rest of the Year.

[wjrez]

I lived the first 3 months in NC. My company is in SC. I moved to Florida in April and worked there as a remote employee the rest of the year. I paid state tax in both NC and SC. My W-2 shows partial earnings in both states. I filled out tax forms for both NC and SC. The NC taxes owed shows $0, yet SC wants another $1100. Why is that? I would think I would get taxes rebated to me for both states or at least from SC.

Can someone explain?

Thanks.

[MaryK4 · Accepted solution]

If you did not work in South Carolina, you would not have to pay state income taxes for the remote work- if you had any tax withholding from SC you would file a nonresident tax return reporting zero SC income to get a refund of the withholding.  You would report the income for the first three months on a Part-Year North Carolina tax return.  

[wjrez]

Thanks! When I reread the question, TurboTax asked what I earned as a resident of SC. I put on 0 and I owed no tax for either NC or SC.

[Ralphie2048]

I have a somewhat similar situation where I lived in GA working remotely for a firm in NY for 6 moths then moved to NYC. Where would the question be that they asked how much I earned in GA. I want to make sure I answered it correctly.  

[MayaD]

The income that you have earned during the 6 months that you were GA resident is the income you earned in GA.