Moved from Nevada to Kentucky Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
One return, filed in Kentucky. Nevada levies no personal income tax, so nothing is due for the part of the year you lived there. A Kentucky part-year return covers the income you received after the move, with deductions and credits prorated to that period.
Last verified
Coming from a state with no income tax means arriving with no Kentucky withholding history and no prior-year liability to base estimates on. The first Kentucky return is where that catches up, so the withholding start date matters.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · KentuckyForm 740-NP
File a Kentucky part-year return covering the months you lived in Kentucky. 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 | Kentucky | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — flat |
| Reciprocity partners | None | 7 (Form 42A809) |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form 740-NP |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form 740-NP |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule ITC |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | Yes |
| Revenue department | Nevada Department of Taxation | Kentucky Department of Revenue |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Kentucky 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 → KentuckyWork state only
- Remote worker: Nevada → KentuckyNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Nevada → KentuckyClient state only, if you work there
Other Nevada pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Nevada to Kentucky mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
One return, filed in Kentucky. Nevada levies no personal income tax, so nothing is due for the part of the year you lived there. A Kentucky part-year return covers the income you received after the move, with deductions and credits prorated to that period.
How do I split my income between Nevada and Kentucky?
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 Kentucky return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Nevada and Kentucky rules on this page were last checked against Nevada Department of Taxation and Kentucky 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
- Kentucky Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07