Moved from Florida to Hawaii Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
A single part-year filing in Hawaii. Your former state asks for nothing, having no income tax to levy. Make sure your employer switched withholding to Hawaii at the right date — a late switch leaves a balance due on the Hawaii return.
Last verified
This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it. Florida asked nothing of you; Hawaii does, from the date your residency there begins.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · HawaiiForm N-15 (part-year resident)
File a Hawaii part-year return covering the months you lived in Hawaii. Florida has no wage income tax, so there is nothing to file for the earlier part of the year.
The two states, side by side
| Florida | Hawaii | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form N-15 |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form N-15 (part-year resident) |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule CR |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Florida Department of Revenue | Hawaii Department of Taxation |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Hawaii and working in Florida 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: Florida → HawaiiWork state only
- Remote worker: Florida → HawaiiNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Florida → HawaiiClient state only, if you work there
Other Florida pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Florida to Hawaii mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
A single part-year filing in Hawaii. Your former state asks for nothing, having no income tax to levy. Make sure your employer switched withholding to Hawaii at the right date — a late switch leaves a balance due on the Hawaii return.
How do I split my income between Florida and Hawaii?
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 Hawaii return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Florida and Hawaii rules on this page were last checked against Florida Department of Revenue and Hawaii 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.
- Florida Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Hawaii Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07