Live in Florida, Work Remotely for a Utah Employer: Who Taxes You?
Answer
Nothing is owed on either side. Florida has no wage income tax, and Utah taxes nonresidents only on work actually performed inside Utah. Never setting foot in Utah keeps the income entirely outside its reach, so this pair produces no state return at all.
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An employer's address is not a tax nexus for its employees. Working from Florida keeps the income Florida-source, and since Florida levies no tax on wages, the income lands nowhere at all.
What you file
There is nothing to file in either Florida or Utah on these wages. Your federal return is unaffected — the federal government taxes the income whatever the states do.
The two states, side by side
| Florida | Utah | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — flat |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form TC-40 with Schedule TC-40B |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule TC-40S |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Florida Department of Revenue | Utah State Tax Commission |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Utah and working in Florida gives:Home state only.
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: Florida → UtahWork state only
- 1099 contractor: Florida → UtahClient state only, if you work there
- Moved mid-year: Florida → UtahOne part-year return — the state you moved to
Other Florida pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Florida and work remotely for a Utah employer. Which state do I pay?
Nothing is owed on either side. Florida has no wage income tax, and Utah taxes nonresidents only on work actually performed inside Utah. Never setting foot in Utah keeps the income entirely outside its reach, so this pair produces no state return at all.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Neither. There is no state income tax to withhold on either side of this pairing, so a state line on your pay stub for Florida or Utah is an error worth querying.
Does my Utah employer's location alone create a Utah tax obligation?
No. Utah sources wages to the place where the work is physically performed, and it does not apply a convenience-of-the-employer rule that would override that. Days you actually spend working inside Utah are a different matter — those are Utah-source income and can require a nonresident return.
How current is this?
The Florida and Utah rules on this page were last checked against Florida Department of Revenue and Utah State Tax Commission 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.
- Florida Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Utah State Tax Commission — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07