State tax

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March 14, 2021
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I lived in Washington state for 3/4 of 2020 and then moved to Louisiana but still worked for the same Washington company. Do I need to file a Louisiana tax return?

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ErnieS0

Level 15

Yes. File a part-year Louisiana income tax return. Once you became a Louisiana resident, income earned anywhere becomes taxable to The Pelican State. Louisiana says, “If a Louisiana resident earns income in another state, that income is also taxable by Louisiana.”

If you employer is not withholding Louisiana income tax, file a Form L-4 with your employer to get state tax withheld.

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Individual Income Tax

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awburrell

Level 2

HI @ErnieS0,

I'm in a similar situation. I live in Louisiana and I'm now working for an employer that is located in North Carolina. They do not have any other employees in Louisiana, and thus are not sure what taxes I/they should be paying to North Carolina and/or Louisiana. Do I have to pay both North Carolina and Louisiana state income taxes? What guidance should I provide my employer regarding this matter.

TomD8

Alumni - Champ

@awburrell --

Your home state of Louisiana can tax all your income, regardless of where you earn it. North Carolina can tax you on income from work actually carried out in NC. So there are two scenarios:

Scenario One: If you actually (physically) work in NC, your employer should withhold NC taxes. In this situation you will be filing both a non-resident NC return and a resident LA return, but LA will give you a credit for the taxes paid to NC. Thus most, if not all, of your state taxes will be due to NC.

Scenario Two: If you never work in NC, and your work is carried on entirely remotely from a Louisiana location, they should only withhold Louisiana taxes. In this situation you would not have to file an NC return. You would file only in Louisiana.

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.