Moved from Texas to Wisconsin Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Wisconsin taxes the second half of the year. Texas has no personal income tax, so the pre-move income is untouched at state level; the Wisconsin part-year return picks up from the date you became a Wisconsin resident and prorates your deductions to that stretch.
Last verified
This move takes you into the state income tax system rather than out of it. Texas asked nothing of you; Wisconsin does, from the date your residency there begins.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · WisconsinForm 1NPR
File a Wisconsin part-year return covering the months you lived in Wisconsin. 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 | Wisconsin | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | 4 (Form W-220) |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form 1NPR |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form 1NPR |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule OS |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | Dollar floor published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | Wisconsin Department of Revenue |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Wisconsin 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 → WisconsinWork state only
- Remote worker: Texas → WisconsinNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Texas → WisconsinClient state only, if you work there
Other Texas pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Texas to Wisconsin mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Wisconsin taxes the second half of the year. Texas has no personal income tax, so the pre-move income is untouched at state level; the Wisconsin part-year return picks up from the date you became a Wisconsin resident and prorates your deductions to that stretch.
How do I split my income between Texas and Wisconsin?
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 Wisconsin return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Texas and Wisconsin rules on this page were last checked against Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Wisconsin 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
- Wisconsin Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07