Live in Connecticut, Work Remotely for a Nevada Employer: Who Taxes You?
Answer
Your home state takes it and the work state does not. Nevada levies no tax on wages; Connecticut taxes residents on all income regardless of where it was earned. The result is a single Connecticut resident return covering the full amount, with no offsetting credit.
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Crossing into a state with no income tax does not lower your tax bill, because your home state is not taxing you on where you work — it is taxing you on where you live. Connecticut reaches all of a resident's income, and Nevada adds nothing on top.
What you file
- 1Resident return · Connecticut
File a Connecticut resident return reporting all of your income.
The two states, side by side
| Connecticut | Nevada | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — graduated | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | Only against convenience-rule states | No |
| Nonresident return | Form CT-1040NR/PY | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Schedule 2 (Form CT-1040) | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Connecticut Department of Revenue Services | Nevada Department of Taxation |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Nevada and working in Connecticut gives:No state income tax on your wages.
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: Connecticut → NevadaHome state only
- 1099 contractor: Connecticut → NevadaHome state only — estimated payments
- Moved mid-year: Connecticut → NevadaOne part-year return — the state you left
Other Connecticut pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Connecticut and work remotely for a Nevada employer. Which state do I pay?
Your home state takes it and the work state does not. Nevada levies no tax on wages; Connecticut taxes residents on all income regardless of where it was earned. The result is a single Connecticut resident return covering the full amount, with no offsetting credit.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Connecticut. Your employer should withhold Connecticut tax rather than Nevada tax on these wages. If a Nevada line is showing on your pay stub, raise it with payroll now rather than at filing time.
How current is this?
The Connecticut and Nevada rules on this page were last checked against Connecticut Department of Revenue Services and Nevada Department of Taxation 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.
- Connecticut Department of Revenue Services — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Nevada Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07