1099 Contractor in Alaska with a Mississippi Client: Where Do You File?
Answer
Usually nothing is due anywhere. As a Alaska resident you file no state return, and Mississippi reaches only the part of your self-employment income that comes from work physically done inside Mississippi. Keep a record of any days you spend working on Mississippi soil.
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Two things make this pairing simple. Alaska levies no personal income tax, so there is no resident return; and Mississippi taxes nonresidents only on services actually performed inside Mississippi, which for a fully remote contractor is normally nothing.
Mississippi publishes no de minimis day count or dollar floor for nonresidents. Any Mississippi-source wage income above the state's general filing threshold requires a nonresident return, and that threshold is reset each year — check the current figure on the Mississippi Department of Revenue nonresident instructions before filing.
What you file
- 1Nonresident return · MississippiForm 80-205
File a Mississippi nonresident return only for income from services you physically performed in Mississippi. Alaska does not tax wage or self-employment income.
The two states, side by side
| Alaska | Mississippi | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — flat |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form 80-205 |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Form 80-160 |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division | Mississippi Department of Revenue |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Mississippi and working in Alaska gives:Home state only — estimated payments.
Same two states, different situation
The withholding answer turns on how you are paid and where the work happens, not only on which two states are involved.
- W-2 commuter: Alaska → MississippiWork state only
- Remote worker: Alaska → MississippiNo state income tax on your wages
- Moved mid-year: Alaska → MississippiOne part-year return — the state you moved to
Other Alaska pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Alaska and my client is in Mississippi. Do I have to file a Mississippi tax return?
Usually nothing is due anywhere. As a Alaska resident you file no state return, and Mississippi reaches only the part of your self-employment income that comes from work physically done inside Mississippi. Keep a record of any days you spend working on Mississippi soil.
Do reciprocity agreements help a 1099 contractor?
No. Every state reciprocity agreement in the country is an arrangement about wage withholding between two revenue departments, and a 1099 has no withholding to switch off. Whether Alaska and Mississippi hold an agreement makes no difference to a self-employed filer — sourcing rules decide the answer instead.
How current is this?
The Alaska and Mississippi rules on this page were last checked against Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division and Mississippi Department of Revenue on 2026-08-07. We re-check the full grid every December after state legislative sessions close, and re-check the convenience-of-the-employer states quarterly because that is where the rules move fastest.
Sources
Every fact above comes from the revenue department that publishes the rule. We do not cite secondary summaries, and we do not restate a figure we could not find at source.
- Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Mississippi Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07