Moved from Alaska to Vermont Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Nothing for Alaska, a part-year return for Vermont. This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it — set up Vermont withholding promptly, because there is no prior-year Vermont liability to base estimated payments on.
Last verified
This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it. Alaska asked nothing of you; Vermont does, from the date your residency there begins.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · VermontForm IN-111 with Schedule IN-113
File a Vermont part-year return covering the months you lived in Vermont. Alaska has no wage income tax, so there is nothing to file for the earlier part of the year.
The two states, side by side
| Alaska | Vermont | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form IN-111 with Schedule IN-113 |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form IN-111 with Schedule IN-113 |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule IN-117 |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division | Vermont Department of Taxes |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Vermont and working in Alaska gives:One part-year return — the state you left.
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 → VermontWork state only
- Remote worker: Alaska → VermontNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Alaska → VermontClient state only, if you work there
Other Alaska pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Alaska to Vermont mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Nothing for Alaska, a part-year return for Vermont. This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it — set up Vermont withholding promptly, because there is no prior-year Vermont liability to base estimated payments on.
How do I split my income between Alaska and Vermont?
By when you received it, measured against the date your domicile actually changed. Income received while you were a Alaska resident belongs on the Alaska return and income received afterwards on the Vermont return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Alaska and Vermont rules on this page were last checked against Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division and Vermont Department of Taxes 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
- Vermont Department of Taxes — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07