Moved from Florida to Alaska Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
No part-year returns are required. Because neither Florida nor Alaska taxes personal income, this move leaves your state tax position exactly where it was: at zero, before and after.
Last verified
Both ends of this move sit outside the state income tax system, so the tax year does not need splitting. Nothing about the date of the move affects a state return, because there is no state return.
What you file
There is nothing to file in either Florida or Alaska on these wages. Your federal return is unaffected — the federal government taxes the income whatever the states do.
The two states, side by side
| Florida | Alaska | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Florida Department of Revenue | Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Alaska and working in Florida gives:No state return either side.
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: Florida → AlaskaNo state income tax either side
- Remote worker: Florida → AlaskaNo state income tax either side
- 1099 contractor: Florida → AlaskaNo state income tax either side
Other Florida pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Florida to Alaska mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
No part-year returns are required. Because neither Florida nor Alaska taxes personal income, this move leaves your state tax position exactly where it was: at zero, before and after.
How do I split my income between Florida and Alaska?
By when you received it, measured against the date your domicile actually changed. Income received while you were a Florida resident belongs on the Florida return and income received afterwards on the Alaska return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Florida and Alaska rules on this page were last checked against Florida Department of Revenue and Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division 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.
- Florida Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07