Moved from Texas to North Carolina Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
One return, filed in North Carolina. Texas levies no personal income tax, so nothing is due for the part of the year you lived there. A North Carolina 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; North Carolina does, from the date your residency there begins.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · North CarolinaForm D-400 with Schedule PN
File a North Carolina part-year return covering the months you lived in North Carolina. 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 | North Carolina | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — flat |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form D-400 with Schedule PN |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form D-400 with Schedule PN |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Form D-400TC |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | North Carolina Department of Revenue |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in North Carolina 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 → North CarolinaWork state only
- Remote worker: Texas → North CarolinaNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Texas → North CarolinaClient state only, if you work there
Other Texas pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Texas to North Carolina mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
One return, filed in North Carolina. Texas levies no personal income tax, so nothing is due for the part of the year you lived there. A North Carolina 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 North Carolina?
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 North Carolina return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Texas and North Carolina rules on this page were last checked against Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and North Carolina 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
- North Carolina Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07