Self Employment Income Tax

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I live on the border of Idaho and Washington.  I am self-employed and rent office space in WA, but live in ID.  WA does not have income tax.  Am I required to pay ID income taxes?  Thanks in advance. 

[Hal_Al · Accepted solution]

Q. Am I required to pay ID income taxes?  

A. Yes.

The general rule is: 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.

Since WA does not have an income tax, you do not have a non-resident return to file. But you still have to pay tax on that income to your home state.

When you worked in a state without an income tax (e.g. Washington), there will be no credit, since there was no WA tax. In other words, having worked in a state without an income tax does not get you out of paying state tax on that income, to your home state.

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Thank you!