Moved from Washington to Vermont Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Only the state you moved to wants a return. Living in Washington produced no state filing obligation at all, and Vermont taxes you from the date your residency began. Expect Vermont withholding to start with your first post-move paycheck.
Last verified
Coming from a state with no income tax means arriving with no Vermont withholding history and no prior-year liability to base estimates on. The first Vermont return is where that catches up, so the withholding start date matters.
What you file
- 1Part-year return · VermontForm IN-111 with Schedule IN-113
File a Vermont part-year return covering the months you lived in Vermont. Washington has no wage income tax, so there is nothing to file for the earlier part of the year.
The two states, side by side
| Washington | Vermont | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form IN-111 with Schedule IN-113 |
| Part-year return | Not applicable | Form IN-111 with Schedule IN-113 |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule IN-117 |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Washington State Department of Revenue | Vermont Department of Taxes |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Vermont and working in Washington 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: Washington → VermontWork state only
- Remote worker: Washington → VermontNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Washington → VermontClient state only, if you work there
Other Washington pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Washington to Vermont mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Only the state you moved to wants a return. Living in Washington produced no state filing obligation at all, and Vermont taxes you from the date your residency began. Expect Vermont withholding to start with your first post-move paycheck.
How do I split my income between Washington and Vermont?
By when you received it, measured against the date your domicile actually changed. Income received while you were a Washington resident belongs on the Washington return and income received afterwards on the Vermont return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Washington and Vermont rules on this page were last checked against Washington State Department of Revenue and Vermont Department of Taxes 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.
- Washington State Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Vermont Department of Taxes — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07