1099 Contractor in Rhode Island with a Florida Client: Where Do You File?
Answer
Rhode Island only. Nothing about invoicing a Florida client changes where your work is performed, and Florida has no income tax in any event — so the whole obligation is Rhode Island estimated payments during the year and a Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, and none of it to Florida.
What you file
- 1Quarterly estimated payments · Rhode Island
Make quarterly estimated payments to Rhode Island Division of Taxation — nothing is withheld from a 1099.
- 2Resident return · Rhode Island
File a Rhode Island resident return reporting your full self-employment income.
The two states, side by side
| Rhode Island | Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — graduated | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form RI-1040NR | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Form RI-1040NR Schedule II | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Rhode Island Division of Taxation | Florida Department of Revenue |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Florida and working in Rhode Island 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: Rhode Island → FloridaHome state only
- Remote worker: Rhode Island → FloridaHome state only
- Moved mid-year: Rhode Island → FloridaOne part-year return — the state you left
Other Rhode Island pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Rhode Island and my client is in Florida. Do I have to file a Florida tax return?
Rhode Island only. Nothing about invoicing a Florida client changes where your work is performed, and Florida has no income tax in any event — so the whole obligation is Rhode Island estimated payments during the year and a Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island and Florida hold an agreement makes no difference to a self-employed filer — sourcing rules decide the answer instead.
How current is this?
The Rhode Island and Florida rules on this page were last checked against Rhode Island Division of Taxation and Florida 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.
- Rhode Island Division of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Florida Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07