Can I lease an apartment out of state (GA) while keep my permanent residence in MN?

[mraj]

I own a house (primary residence) in Minnesota, however I travel to GA and I stay there at least 7~10 days, sometimes longer but not that often (in Hotels and Airbnb) and I was wondering, if signed an apartment lease how would that affect my state tax.

My Payroll and everything else is from Minnesota.

[AmyC]

It would not. People vacation, pass through areas. signing a short term lease doesn't mean anything since you have a home and established life in MN.

[mraj]

Would signing a 12/14 month lease affect my taxes in anyway?

As in, since my lease would have my SSN and they would report my rent as an expenses to Georgia State, should I be filing for Georgia state tax too? Or could I skip filing since I technically don’t stay in the property for more than 10 days a month but pay for the whole month.

In short I wouldn’t be qualified as Georgia resident even if I have an apartment lease on my name, would I ?

My work / payroll is in MN.

The client I work with is in GA. But I don’t get paid by my client, they pay the company and my company runs my payroll.

Once this project gets done (in a year) I would move on to the next client and no longer travel or stay in GA.

and Since my Payroll / Paycheck is from Minnesota, I wanted to see how part-time residency / long term lease would effect my state tax and property tax on primary residence.

[AmyC · Accepted solution]

Some states tax you for working in the state but GA is not one of them. You can rent an apartment there with no fear. Your license, home, voting, are all in MN. Enjoy!