Moved from Nevada to Georgia Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Georgia taxes the second half of the year. Nevada has no personal income tax, so the pre-move income is untouched at state level; the Georgia part-year return picks up from the date you became a Georgia resident and prorates your deductions to that stretch.
Last verified
Coming from a state with no income tax means arriving with no Georgia withholding history and no prior-year liability to base estimates on. The first Georgia return is where that catches up, so the withholding start date matters.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · GeorgiaForm 500 with Schedule 3
File a Georgia part-year return covering the months you lived in Georgia. Nevada has no wage income tax, so there is nothing to file for the earlier part of the year.
The two states, side by side
| Nevada | Georgia | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — flat |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form 500 with Schedule 3 |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form 500 with Schedule 3 |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Form 500 Schedule 2 |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Nevada Department of Taxation | Georgia Department of Revenue |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Georgia and working in Nevada 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: Nevada → GeorgiaWork state only
- Remote worker: Nevada → GeorgiaNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Nevada → GeorgiaClient state only, if you work there
Other Nevada pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Nevada to Georgia mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Georgia taxes the second half of the year. Nevada has no personal income tax, so the pre-move income is untouched at state level; the Georgia part-year return picks up from the date you became a Georgia resident and prorates your deductions to that stretch.
How do I split my income between Nevada and Georgia?
By when you received it, measured against the date your domicile actually changed. Income received while you were a Nevada resident belongs on the Nevada return and income received afterwards on the Georgia return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Nevada and Georgia rules on this page were last checked against Nevada Department of Taxation and Georgia Department of Revenue 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.
- Nevada Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Georgia Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07