Moved from Michigan to Nevada Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Michigan once, and then nothing. Because Nevada does not tax personal income, this move takes you out of the state income tax system entirely. File the Michigan part-year return for the pre-move income and make sure Michigan withholding actually stopped when you left.
Last verified
The clean part of this move is that only one return follows it. The part that catches people is the withholding: Michigan tax should stop when your residency does, and it often does not without a prompt.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · MichiganForm MI-1040 with Schedule NR
File a Michigan part-year return covering the months you lived in Michigan. Nevada has no wage income tax, so the move ends your state filing obligation.
The two states, side by side
| Michigan | Nevada | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — flat | No |
| Reciprocity partners | 6 (Form MI-W4) | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form MI-1040 with Schedule NR | Not applicable |
| Part-year return | Form MI-1040 with Schedule NR | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Form MI-1040 (credit for income tax imposed by another state) | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | Yes | No |
| Revenue department | Michigan Department of Treasury | Nevada Department of Taxation |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Nevada and working in Michigan gives:One part-year return — the state you moved to.
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: Michigan → NevadaHome state only
- Remote worker: Michigan → NevadaHome state only
- 1099 contractor: Michigan → NevadaHome state only — estimated payments
Other Michigan pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Michigan to Nevada mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Michigan once, and then nothing. Because Nevada does not tax personal income, this move takes you out of the state income tax system entirely. File the Michigan part-year return for the pre-move income and make sure Michigan withholding actually stopped when you left.
How do I split my income between Michigan and Nevada?
By when you received it, measured against the date your domicile actually changed. Income received while you were a Michigan resident belongs on the Michigan return and income received afterwards on the Nevada return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Michigan and Nevada rules on this page were last checked against Michigan Department of Treasury and Nevada 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.
- Michigan Department of Treasury — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Nevada Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07