Aggie_Hawk t1_j5ynsw3 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:07 PM

No, you won’t pay twice. If NY taxes were taken out you will need to file a return for both NY and DC, you will file as a nonresident in NY and a resident in DC. This is pretty common and you will just be refunded from NY and may owe to DC

boopthesnoot19387 OP t1_j5yobwd wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:11 PM

Appreciate the reply. D.C. taxes were withheld from paychecks. Does this change your answer at all?

the_eso t1_j5yq4y3 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 2:24 PM

If you didn't pay anything to NY, I wouldn't worry about it. I work remotely for a company in NY too, and they only withheld DC 'state' taxes for me. I'm not going to file anything for NY.

Aggie_Hawk t1_j5zxq96 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 7:03 PM

Yep, this is correct. If you didn’t pay NY taxes then there’s nothing to do

Adeelinator t1_j5z2dfx wrote on January 26, 2023 at 3:47 PM

Same - been doing that for years. Everyone I know that lives in DC for an NY-based company also does the same.

the_eso t1_j6065bh wrote on January 26, 2023 at 7:56 PM

As blasé as my previous post was, now I've gone down the rabbithole on NY taxes. I'm still not going to particularly worry about it, and I think my company meets the criteria for me to not have to pay this tax, but man NY's income tax law is aggressive. Given the normal dysfunction between MD, DC and VA, at least we've settled on who gets what income taxes in a sane way.

boopthesnoot19387 OP t1_j61q3el wrote on January 27, 2023 at 2:14 AM

Right? I happened to stumble across an article about taxes and the more I found out about NY the more I got worked up.

Our family tax preparer seems to think we pay NY and then get that amount as a credit on DC. Appreciate all of the input everyone. I'll update when it's all said and done if I remember.

God bless our super simple tax system.

new_account_5009 t1_j61svi7 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 2:35 AM

Back when I was in consulting a few years ago, I lived in Virginia, but was frequently on client site working in NYC living out of a hotel during the week. I was required to file taxes with NY state for the portion of time spent in the city. I don't recall the specifics, but it was a bit of a pain in the ass.