1099 Contractor in Massachusetts with a Nevada Client: Where Do You File?
Answer
Massachusetts only. Nothing about invoicing a Nevada client changes where your work is performed, and Nevada has no income tax in any event — so the whole obligation is Massachusetts estimated payments during the year and a Massachusetts resident return at the end of it.
Last verified
Nothing is withheld from a 1099, so the tax that a W-2 employee never sees is money you are holding on someone else's behalf. In this pairing all of it belongs to Massachusetts, and none of it to Nevada.
What you file
- 1Quarterly estimated payments · Massachusetts
Make quarterly estimated payments to Massachusetts Department of Revenue — nothing is withheld from a 1099.
- 2Resident return · Massachusetts
File a Massachusetts resident return reporting your full self-employment income.
The two states, side by side
| Massachusetts | Nevada | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — flat | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form 1-NR/PY | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Schedule OJC | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Massachusetts Department of Revenue | Nevada Department of Taxation |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Nevada and working in Massachusetts gives:Client state only, if you work there.
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: Massachusetts → NevadaHome state only
- Remote worker: Massachusetts → NevadaHome state only
- Moved mid-year: Massachusetts → NevadaOne part-year return — the state you left
Other Massachusetts pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Massachusetts and my client is in Nevada. Do I have to file a Nevada tax return?
Massachusetts only. Nothing about invoicing a Nevada client changes where your work is performed, and Nevada has no income tax in any event — so the whole obligation is Massachusetts estimated payments during the year and a Massachusetts resident return at the end of it.
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 Massachusetts and Nevada hold an agreement makes no difference to a self-employed filer — sourcing rules decide the answer instead.
How current is this?
The Massachusetts and Nevada rules on this page were last checked against Massachusetts Department of Revenue and Nevada Department of Taxation 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.
- Massachusetts Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Nevada Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07