Any tax pros here?

[CyberB0b]

I remember someone being a tax expert, maybe @Hoofbite.

I live in Texas. I took a job with a company based in Delaware. I airline out to my assignment (could be all over the US or even out of the country), do my work, and airline back home to Texas. Am I subject to Delaware income tax? Texas doesn't have personal state income tax.

 

[Hoofbite]

I remember someone being a tax expert, maybe @Hoofbite.

I live in Texas. I took a job with a company based in Delaware. I airline out to my assignment (could be all over the US or even out of the country), do my work, and airline back home to Texas. Am I subject to Delaware income tax? Texas doesn't have personal state income tax.

Wish I could help ya, but I do not know. My tax knowledge is limited only to what I have looked into and it's very, very narrow in scope. As far as I know, you pay where you work. I think there are varying durations of employment in any given state before filing is necessary but that'd be something you'll want to look into. Just based on some things I have seen I think you file a second "special" return to get credit for out of state payments for the taxes paid to other states. Haven't got the slightest clue how that works in Texas if you don't have a tax bill to have credits applied to.

 

[TheDude]

I remember someone being a tax expert, maybe @Hoofbite.

I live in Texas. I took a job with a company based in Delaware. I airline out to my assignment (could be all over the US or even out of the country), do my work, and airline back home to Texas. Am I subject to Delaware income tax? Texas doesn't have personal state income tax.

Have to pay the taxes in the state where you earned the income. I work in California and fly to NY to work for the same company. Since I may be there more than 14 day sin the year I have to pay the NY taxes as well.

Consultants(KPMG, E&Y, D&T, PWC) who work on client site are charged the state income tax of their project. I have a guy from Dallas working in LA and he has to pay CA Income tax for portion of salary and days worked in the state (KPMG makes him whole though)

 

[CyberB0b]

Have to pay the taxes in the state where you earned the income. I work in California and fly to NY to work for the same company. Since I may be there more than 14 day sin the year I have to pay the NY taxes as well.

Consultants(KPMG, E&Y, D&T, PWC) who work on client site are charged the state income tax of their project. I have a guy from Dallas working in LA and he has to pay CA Income tax for portion of salary and days worked in the state (KPMG makes him whole though)

I work a 12 day rotation, which will include stops in multiple states, often in the same day, or even out of the country. Let's say I fly from LA to NY then to Miami all in the same day. How do I even begin to calculate this?

 

[TheDude]

I work a 12 day rotation, which will include stops in multiple states, often in the same day, or even out of the country. Let's say I fly from LA to NY then to Miami all in the same day. How do I even begin to calculate this?

Copious records or honor system'

I dont see how you could fly from LA to NY and then fly to Miami and get work in. I fly from LA at 5AM and get to JFK around 2PM, hour commute into Manhattan. If you are there for 2 hours and then 1 hour back to JFK, 1 hour pre flight, you wont get into Miami until 930PM.


Short answer is document your hours, hotel receipts and plane receipts will be good back up. If you end up working the typical 2080 hours in the year, you should be able to pro rata that. You only have to count the onsite hours

 

[CyberB0b]

Copious records or honor system'

I dont see how you could fly from LA to NY and then fly to Miami and get work in. I fly from LA at 5AM and get to JFK around 2PM, hour commute into Manhattan. If you are there for 2 hours and then 1 hour back to JFK, 1 hour pre flight, you wont get into Miami until 930PM.


Short answer is document your hours, hotel receipts and plane receipts will be good back up. If you end up working the typical 2080 hours in the year, you should be able to pro rata that. You only have to count the onsite hours

I'm a pilot, so the flying is the work. I work for a charter company, not an airline. Are transportation workers exempt from this?

 

[TheDude]

Ahh. You had to make logical

Pretty sure you are likely exempt from state income anywhere but where you live. You would pay the Unemployment insurance in the state where you are based (and file UI if needed in that state).

Please double check as I only play a tax attorney on football boards and you will not find "McLovin" to subpoena

SEC. 1112.(a) No part of the compensation paid by any air carrier to an employee who performs his regularly assigned duties as such an employee on an aircraft in more than one State shall be withheld for income tax purposes pursuant to the laws of any State or subdivision thereof other than the State or subdivision wherein more than 50 per centum of the compensation paid by the carrier to such employee is earned: Provided, however, That if the employee did not earn more than 50 per centum of his compensation from said carrier in any one State or subdivision thereof during the preceding calendar year, then withholding shall be required only for the State or subdivision of the employee's residence, as shown on the employment records of any such carrier; nor shall such carrier file any information return or other report for income tax purposes with respect to such compensation with any State or subdivision thereof other than such State or subdivision of residence and the State or subdivision for which the withholding of such tax has been required under this subsection

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:United_States_Statutes_at_Large_Volume_84_Part_2.djvu/172

 

[CashMan]

I remember someone being a tax expert, maybe @Hoofbite.

I live in Texas. I took a job with a company based in Delaware. I airline out to my assignment (could be all over the US or even out of the country), do my work, and airline back home to Texas. Am I subject to Delaware income tax? Texas doesn't have personal state income tax.

Are you banging any chicks in this process?(very important)

 

[CyberB0b]

Are you banging any chicks in this process?(very important)

No, but a former copilot would tear up tinder on the road.

 

[YosemiteSam]

No, but a former copilot would tear up tinder on the road.

The Jerry Mullet is your problem.