Moved from Texas to Missouri Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
One return, filed in Missouri. Texas levies no personal income tax, so nothing is due for the part of the year you lived there. A Missouri part-year return covers the income you received after the move, with deductions and credits prorated to that period.
Last verified
This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it. Texas asked nothing of you; Missouri does, from the date your residency there begins.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · MissouriForm MO-1040 with Form MO-NRI
File a Missouri part-year return covering the months you lived in Missouri. 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 | Missouri | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form MO-1040 with Form MO-NRI |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form MO-1040 with Form MO-NRI |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Form MO-CR |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | Yes |
| Revenue department | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | Missouri Department of Revenue |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Missouri 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 → MissouriWork state only
- Remote worker: Texas → MissouriNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Texas → MissouriClient state only, if you work there
Other Texas pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Texas to Missouri mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
One return, filed in Missouri. Texas levies no personal income tax, so nothing is due for the part of the year you lived there. A Missouri 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 Texas and Missouri?
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 Missouri return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Texas and Missouri rules on this page were last checked against Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Missouri 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
- Missouri Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07