Moved from Nevada to Indiana Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Only the state you moved to wants a return. Living in Nevada produced no state filing obligation at all, and Indiana taxes you from the date your residency began. Expect Indiana withholding to start with your first post-move paycheck.
Last verified
Coming from a state with no income tax means arriving with no Indiana withholding history and no prior-year liability to base estimates on. The first Indiana return is where that catches up, so the withholding start date matters.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · IndianaForm IT-40PNR
File a Indiana part-year return covering the months you lived in Indiana. 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 | Indiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — flat |
| Reciprocity partners | None | 5 (Form WH-47) |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form IT-40PNR |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form IT-40PNR |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule 6 (Form IT-40PNR) |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | Yes |
| Revenue department | Nevada Department of Taxation | Indiana Department of Revenue |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Indiana 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 → IndianaWork state only
- Remote worker: Nevada → IndianaNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Nevada → IndianaClient state only, if you work there
Other Nevada pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Nevada to Indiana mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Only the state you moved to wants a return. Living in Nevada produced no state filing obligation at all, and Indiana taxes you from the date your residency began. Expect Indiana withholding to start with your first post-move paycheck.
How do I split my income between Nevada and Indiana?
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 Indiana return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Nevada and Indiana rules on this page were last checked against Nevada Department of Taxation and Indiana 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
- Indiana Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07