Moved from Texas to Georgia Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Nothing for Texas, a part-year return for Georgia. This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it — set up Georgia withholding promptly, because there is no prior-year Georgia liability to base estimated payments on.
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. Texas has no wage income tax, so there is nothing to file for the earlier part of the year.
The two states, side by side
| Texas | 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 | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | Georgia Department of Revenue |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Georgia and working in Texas 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: Texas → GeorgiaWork state only
- Remote worker: Texas → GeorgiaNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Texas → GeorgiaClient state only, if you work there
Other Texas pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Texas to Georgia mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Nothing for Texas, a part-year return for Georgia. This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it — set up Georgia withholding promptly, because there is no prior-year Georgia liability to base estimated payments on.
How do I split my income between Texas and Georgia?
By when you received it, measured against the date your domicile actually changed. Income received while you were a Texas resident belongs on the Texas 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 Texas and Georgia rules on this page were last checked against Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts 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.
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Georgia Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07