I am a full-time student at a university in New York and a resident of Virginia. After deductions and exemptions, my taxable income (all made in NY) is $5700 but I have $0 in amount of tax.
Looking at this site, https://www.individual.tax.virginia.gov/calculators/income-tax-calculator.cfm, I am supposed to pay $157 and last year, I had to pay as well. Is this some error or is it correct for some reason? I can't seem to find any reasoning and don't want to submit until I do.
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Look at Line 9 of the VA tax return, which you can see here:
https://www.tax.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/taxforms/individual-income-tax/2019/760-2019.pdf
It states that for filing status 1 (Single), if your VA adjusted gross income is less than $11,950, your tax is zero.
That's why you're not required to file a VA return if your VA AGI is below that level. But as stated before, you would have to file if you wanted a refund of any withheld VA taxes.
If you're single, you're not even required to file a Virginia tax return unless your VA adjusted gross income is equal to or greater than $11,950. See this: https://www.tax.virginia.gov/who-must-file
I'd like to get some of my taxes refunded though. Additionally, according to https://www.individual.tax.virginia.gov/calculators/income-tax-calculator.cfm my taxable income definitely qualifies for tax ($120 + 5% of excess over $5,000)
If VA taxes were withheld from your pay, you're correct that you would have to file a VA tax return in order to get those refunded.
If you have to file a non-resident NY return, be sure to complete that first, before you do your home state VA return. You can find NY's filing requirements for non-residents here:
https://www.tax.ny.gov/pit/file/nonresidents.htm
I did the NY non-resident form first and already have some credit. But regardless of that my base tax for virginia (before subtracting credits) is 0 despite my taxable income which is what I am confused about.
Look at Line 9 of the VA tax return, which you can see here:
https://www.tax.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/taxforms/individual-income-tax/2019/760-2019.pdf
It states that for filing status 1 (Single), if your VA adjusted gross income is less than $11,950, your tax is zero.
That's why you're not required to file a VA return if your VA AGI is below that level. But as stated before, you would have to file if you wanted a refund of any withheld VA taxes.
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