Moved from Wisconsin to Texas Mid-Year: Which State Tax Returns Do You File?
Answer
Only the state you left wants a return. Wisconsin taxes the part of the year you lived there and prorates your deductions to that period. Texas has no income tax, so the income you receive after the move faces no state tax at all.
Last verified
Moving to a state with no income tax ends your state filing obligation on the day your residency changes — but not a day earlier. Wisconsin taxes everything you received while you still lived there.
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 the move ends your state filing obligation.
The two states, side by side
| Wisconsin | Texas | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — graduated | No |
| Reciprocity partners | 4 (Form W-220) | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form 1NPR | Not applicable |
| Part-year return | Form 1NPR | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Schedule OS | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Dollar floor published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Wisconsin Department of Revenue | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts |
| Last verified |
The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Texas and working in Wisconsin gives:One part-year return — the state you moved to.
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: Wisconsin → TexasHome state only
- Remote worker: Wisconsin → TexasHome state only
- 1099 contractor: Wisconsin → TexasHome state only — estimated payments
Other Wisconsin pairs
Questions people actually ask
I moved from Wisconsin to Texas mid-year. Do I have to file in both states?
Only the state you left wants a return. Wisconsin taxes the part of the year you lived there and prorates your deductions to that period. Texas has no income tax, so the income you receive after the move faces no state tax at all.
How do I split my income between Wisconsin and Texas?
By when you received it, measured against the date your domicile actually changed. Income received while you were a Wisconsin resident belongs on the Wisconsin return and income received afterwards on the Texas return. Keep evidence of the move date — a lease, a closing statement, a licence issue date.
How current is this?
The Wisconsin and Texas rules on this page were last checked against Wisconsin Department of Revenue and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts 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.
- Wisconsin Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07