I have a kinda complicated situation:
I applied for and accepted a summer internship in Washington, DC. However, when I got there I learned my office was at an annex building in Virginia, so I worked mostly in VA, but I often had to work at the main office in DC. I lived in DC. Also, I was paid out of the office in charge of the intern program, which is in DC. My money, however, came from the organization's financial center, which is in South Carolina.
I paid some "state" income taxes, and am probably entitled to get the money back, but how do I find out who took the taxes and who I file with?
2007-03-25 15:10:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
As if this couldn't get more complicated, I used my "home" address is California as my address because that's where W-2s would be sent.
2007-03-25 15:29:29 · update #1
Your W-2 will indicate how much state taxes were taken out, and what states they were taken out for. Then you could look up on-line where to file for that state, and probably get the state tax forms on-line. If you don't like in the state that the taxes were taken out for you would need to file a non-resident return for that state.
2007-03-25 16:45:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the state listed on the bottom of your W-2
It should list WA DC or VA that is the state tax they withheld
If they had your CA address is is possible they held CA taxes at a lower percent rate and that can be a nightmare with a lowercounty tax paid than you really owe. Or it could be more depends on the counties.
The state you pay taxes in is the state you live in and if you list CA as your legal address than that should be it, but if you did not live there 1/2 the year than it would be WA DC
2007-03-25 16:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by G L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The internship indicates that you are a student. As such, your domiclie doesn't change when you move around for your studies. CA is entitled to tax the income you receive from all sources so that's a no-brainer there.
Since your office was in VA, that would be where the income was earned. Occasional forays into DC shouldn't change that.
So, you'll file a non-resident VA return and claim only the income you earned while working on the internship and pay any tax due. You'll then file your CA return and list all income from all sources and take a credit against your CA tax liability for the income taxes paid to VA.
2007-03-25 15:50:59 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The state that you reside in.
2007-03-25 15:16:53 · answer #4 · answered by Nea'A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋