Question about filing in Two States...Virginia and Louisiana.?
I am a Virginia Resident who worked in Lousiana for a little while. My FAGI is $11,000. My Virginia taxes withheld are $180. My Lousiana taxes withheld are $113. I did my VA taxes, and it says I owe $47. Is there a way to specify that some of this income was in LA, and that I paid them state taxes, so I won't owe anything in VA? There is no where on the VA form to tell them that some of my income was in another state and that I already paid taxes on it. Thanks in advance.
Public Comments
- If you file a nonresident Louisiana return and a resident Virginia return, then you can credit taxes paid to Louisiana on your Virginia return. Do the Louisiana return first to see what your tax liability is, then take that as a credit on your Virginia return.
- A lot of states allow residents a credit for income taxes paid to another state for income earned in that state. The big question is whether you were a Virginia resident for the whole year or a Lousiana resident for part of the year. If you were a part year resident for Virginia and part year for Lousiana then you would only pay VA tax on the VA wages, and LA tax on the LA wages. If you were a Virginia resident the whole year, then what you need to do is figure out what is the Lousiana tax liability on the Lousiana wages. I'm not certain, but what Virginia will probably do is give you a credit for the tax liability to Lousiana, but to the lessor of the Lousiana tax liability, or what the Virginia tax would be on the Lousiana income.
