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State Income Taxes: Double Tax for Working in Two States?
My mother recently filed her income taxes with a tax refund business. I (who normally does her taxes for her but couldn't this year) reasonably thought she would at least get back $1,700. Well....she didn't. She only saw $1,200. The determining differential here seemed to be with the state taxes.
Her situation: 2 dependents (her son and herself).
STATUS: Head of household
WORK SCENARIO: Worked in 2 states (Georgia and North Carolina)
Income from Nc: Estimated $21,000.
Income from Georgia: $938 (she switched jobs in November or early December).
Just to clarify, she did have her state income taxes already deducted from her paycheck.
Her Nc refund was $500, but the tax preparer then said she owed taxes to Georgia of $450.
Can someone please explicate all of this out comprehensively to me....I am not saying her filer was wrong, but I just need some ease of mind of knowing I shouldn't have prepared her taxes for her this year....lol.
Her full residency is in Georgia.
Well...if Georgia provides a credit for Nc, I don't see how she can get a refund of $500 from them and then owe almost the same amount to Georgia with no refund....
4 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
Taxes base on address they living in. Only pay tax at job is city tax on where she work. But your asking for state tax so it only base on where the address of residence she living in. If she live in two state such as two home, she only gonna pay half to one state and othet half to another state. Not double tax. No no.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
The previous answers gave good advice. Just to clarify. Do the Kentucky nonresident return first then do your Ohio resident return. All your income from all sources will be reported to Ohio and your initial Ohio tax liability will be based on all your income. You will avoid double taxation because you will get credit for any Kentucky tax liability. This is not necessarily the same as the amount withheld by Kentucky because you may get a refund or have to pay more to Kentucky when you complete your ky return.
- card-ronLv 78 years ago
Since your mother is a resident of GA, all of her income is subject to GA state income tax. Since she worked in NC, the income received from her NC job is also subject to NC income tax. GA provides a credit for taxes paid to another state so that she isn't paying the full tax rate for two different states on the same income.
- troLv 78 years ago
obviously her tax home is GA where all of her income from all sources is taxable
her temporary work in NC allows her to file a non resident return, if that state allows that
and subsequently some states allow for a credit paid on the same income that is taxed in two states
head of household with one child, her non taxable income is $16300 for federal