If they were to withhold Illinois state taxes, you would get that entire amount refunded to you. You will also want to notify your employer to change your state withholding. However, the state does require that if you are requiring a refund of taxes withheld in error, you attach a letter of explanation from your employer. As long as you have not spent more than 30 days in Illinois, then you are not subject to their state tax. ![]() Illinois has not stated that telecommuting non-residents are subject to tax because their employer is in Illinois. The state's laws you have to worry about in this case is Illinois, and whether you are subject to their taxation. ![]() Massachusetts does not have a formal "convenience of the employer" rule, but they essentially imposed one during the pandemic which expired September 13, 2021. If so, what would be the tax returns that I need to complete? Once again, thank you very much.Since your resident state is Massachusetts, you will always be responsible for paying state taxes there, no matter where your job is located. Please let me know if this makes more sense now. This time, on W2, there was no state tax that seemed to be withheld from me. I started working for a company located in FL (different company from the previous one), but also this time, I was hired by a third party staffing agency (this time based in NY) to work for a company here in Florida. Since August, I came to Florida as a contractor-on-site. (Now that I added some explanations, do you believe this is a valid and logical reason for my tax to be withheld from MA?) I'm assuming this is why it says MA on the state tax section of my W2. So while my assignments were for a company based in Boston, I was technically hired by this staffing agency on paper. To answer your question, no, I started working for a different company since I moved to Florida.īefore August, I worked as a remote contractor employed by a staffing agency (where the address is based in GA) to work for a company based in Boston, MA. Hi Christina, first of all, thank you for your detailed response. Did you work for the same company?īased on your Florida W2, you worked in Florida and lived in Florida. You also need to file a nonresident return with MA if its because of an available office.īut why all of a sudden allow you to work from home in Florida? (the fact that they didn't withhold taxes means they are now treating you as working from home). Did you ask them why they withheld for MA? You should.Įither way, you have a part year resident return with NJ. ![]() I couldn't tell you whether you should have paid taxes to MA without understanding their logic more. ![]() Since you lived in NJ, they either a/ had an office for you in MA (whether you opted to go there or not) or b/ didn't want to register with NJ for having an employee there or c/ made a total mistake. The headquarters of the company doesn't matter as much as where your office base was. In other words, if the office was in MA, but they "let you" work in NJ, then you worked in MA. Thank you for the great detail! The state that you work in when you work remotely depends on whether your location is based on their convenience or yours.
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