Submitted by Conscious_Street_366 t3_z13hv1 in Maine
I live in Maine, looking for a remote job in Social Media, Content Creator, Marketing just to nameafew. If you take a job out of state how do you handle your income taxes. I have been researching and it's so confusing. I would rather keep it in Maine but I am also having a hard time as I don't want to get scammed. Any suggestions or ideas? Thank you
Thank you so much for your help, I truly appreciate it.
To be more precise, you get taxed in the state that you earned your income. When you are working from home, that happens to be the case (unless you live in multiple states).
I'm a remote IT professional living in Maine. You will still continue to pay Maine state taxes. Your HR department should take care of this for you. As for finding jobs, stay away from Craigslist, give Indeed.com, LinkedIn.com (job alerts) and Dice.com, a try for starters.
Wow, thank you so much for the information. I will continue to look.
linkedin is useless unless you are already in a relevant position and another company wants to poach you. imho
I'm using LinkedIn Alerts. Pretty good actually.
Would you fellow remote tech workers ever like have a get together for remote tech workers? I love my peeps in town, but I've been missing the company of others in the field.
Thank you but pretty much impossible for me. I live in Presque Isle. Way too far to drive.
I was thinking of starting a meet up group and maybe holding rotating meet ups in different parts of the state.
Cool. Please DM me when you get things going. It would be fun to participate.
I don't work remote but I work out of state (on a boat).
All my Maine income taxes are withheld by my Maryland employer and then sent up to Maine. At the end of the year H&R Block handles the rest.
Great information, thank you so much I really appreciate it.
No problem. I'm sure if you find remote employer, they would be willing to withhold Maine income tax. If they aren't will, you can either withhold it yourself out of your take-home, or pay it all at once at the end of the year.
GENERALLY you will pay taxes in the state where you did the work. So if you are in Maine working full time you will pay taxes here.
There are some exceptions though... e.g. New York State is notorious for its aggressive rules about taxing out of staters. So if your income is derived from NY specifically you might have to pay taxes there. Also certain industries like airlines, trucking, and the military have their own rules. So there is no single answer to this.
I’ve worked a remote job for a company outside of Maine. They applied for a Maine taxpayer ID and their payroll system withheld Maine income tax. When you work remotely you owe income tax to the state you sit in while you work.
The fact that I was their first Maine based employee actually delayed my start date by one week because it took them longer than they expected to get a Maine tax ID.
As long as you take a job from a US-based company, the income tax situation shouldn't be any different than working for a Maine-based company. I've been working full-time remote for 10+ years now, and every American company I've worked for has withheld federal and Maine state income taxes just like a Maine company would. If you're their first Maine-based employee it might mean HR has to do some paperwork but they should take care of it all for you.
If you work for a company based OUTSIDE of the US (which I have also done) then things are a lot messier. Frankly, it's a big pain in the ass, tax-wise, and I wouldn't recommend it. But find a US-based company and you should be fine.
> I am also having a hard time as I don't want to get scammed
I'm not sure I understand how you could get scammed? You're researching the companies, looking at Glassdoor reviews, etc. before you apply, right?
Thank you for the information. About not wanting to get scammed. I am looking on LinkedIn and Glassdoor and looking at the reviews but also doing a Google search to make sure the company is legit. Some of the job post, seems to good to be true.
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just go to a CPA
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move to NH
mcot2222 t1_ix8r98e wrote
The best thing to do is look for a job outside of Maine that is remote elligible. They will probably pay more. Most remote employers already have a way to work with each state for payroll. You get taxed in the state you live in at the normal tax rate for that state.