Moved from Florida to Texas Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
No state filing on either side of the move. Both Florida and Texas are outside the state income tax system, so the date you changed domicile does not matter for tax purposes — though it may still matter for residency, voting and vehicle registration.
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 Texas 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 | Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Texas 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 → TexasNo state income tax either side
- Remote worker: Florida → TexasNo state income tax either side
- 1099 contractor: Florida → TexasNo state income tax either side
Other Florida pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Florida to Texas mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
No state filing on either side of the move. Both Florida and Texas are outside the state income tax system, so the date you changed domicile does not matter for tax purposes — though it may still matter for residency, voting and vehicle registration.
How do I split my income between Florida and Texas?
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 Texas return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Florida and Texas rules on this page were last checked against Florida Department of Revenue and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts 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
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07