I live in Wyoming which has no state income tax. If I work for company in Colorado and pay CO state income tax, will I get any of that back on tax return?

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

You should be filing a Colorado non-resident tax return.  If your total state tax payments to Colorado are greater than your total tax liability on the Colorado state tax return, only then would you receive a state tax refund.

[BlahBlason11]

**bleep** colorado

**bleep** tier state

[Hal_Al]

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 WY does not have an income tax, you do not have a resident return to file. But you still have to file a state return and pay tax on that income to the work state (CO). This is how it works (in most cases): You file a nonresident return for the state you worked in, paying tax on only the income you earned there.