Work in one state, live in another...

[IslandFlyer]

I'm sure this applies to a lot of commuting pilots.

How does it work when you live in one state that has a different state income tax as opposed to where you're "based/work"?

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

State taxes should come out of the state you reside at. You still pay any state disability program the employer participates in (eg, California based pilots and NY pilots).

 

[RickJames]

Your status in your work state should be considered "transient" so long as you don't stay for more than 6 months at a stretch.

 

[sorrygottarunway]

I still keep my "tax address" at my parent's place which avoids NYC/NY taxes. I think you can make your address anything you want as long as you go to collect mail there every so often.

 

[Springer]

I still keep my "tax address" at my parent's place which avoids NYC/NY taxes. I think you can make your address anything you want as long as you go to collect mail there every so often.

You might want to think twice about that.

 

[RickJames]

 

[NickH]

49 USC section 14503

 

[knot4u]

Talk to a competent accountant, pay that accountant to handle your business. You're a pilot, not an accountant.

 

[AAPalmTree]

Talk to a competent accountant, pay that accountant to handle your business. You're a pilot, not an accountant.

Ahh, no thanks. I'll get all my money/relationship advice here thank you very much.

 

[A Life Aloft]

I still keep my "tax address" at my parent's place which avoids NYC/NY taxes. I think you can make your address anything you want as long as you go to collect mail there every so often.

 

[tcco94]

Ahh, no thanks. I'll get all my money/relationship advice here thank you very much.

And post my illegal practices on the internet

 

[MikeOH58]

I still keep my "tax address" at my parent's place which avoids NYC/NY taxes. I think you can make your address anything you want as long as you go to collect mail there every so often.

Nice! You should consider laundering your money too!

 

[IslandFlyer]

Thanks.

 

[Roger Roger]

Ahh, no thanks. I'll get all my money/relationship advice here thank you very much.

What could go wrong?!?

 

[derg]

I'm sure this applies to a lot of commuting pilots.

How does it work when you live in one state that has a different state income tax as opposed to where you're "based/work"?

I live in Arizona. I work out of Michigan. I don't have a tax exposure in Michigan and everything is based off my residence in Arizona.

 

[CFI A&P]

Unless you work for an agency that only flies within your state (Virginia DOT, Florida Fish & Wildlife, California Highway Patrol...) every pilot leaves their state to go to work.

It isn't a new issue, but hire an accountant. You're a pilot for a reason, and they're a CPA for a reason. It'll be less of a headache than taking advice from a guy in the internet.

 

[wheelsup]

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It's a state not federal issue.

 

[tattooguy21]

Wow....so much bad/wrong advice on here. You wanna know the truth....

Public law 91-569, DEC 23-1970

Read it. To sum it up, the airlines and irs go off the rates of where you receive over "50 per centum of the compensation paid by the carrier to such employee."

Aka, you fly 50% or more of your flights out of....Utah. Well, that's the rate your airline will use AND should report on the w2. I'm not saying you can't get away with any of these shenanigans, but I am saying that when the audit comes you're f_@)#$.

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[BigZ]

I thought this was gonna be about confusion and denial

 

[BobDDuck]

Wow....so much bad/wrong advice on here. You wanna know the truth....

Public law 91-569, DEC 23-1970

Actually, no.

You are looking for 49-40116(f).

And that says that an air carrier employee is taxed at the state level by states where a) they reside and b) states where more than 50% of their flight time occurs.

Many pilots pilots don't reach the 50% of their flight time in any one state threshold and as such are only subject to state tax per part A.

I'm actually an exception to that rule because my flying never leaves one state and as such I am taxed based on both part A and part B.