Live in Louisiana, Work Remotely for a Florida Employer: Who Taxes You?
Answer
Only Louisiana taxes you. Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld there and you file no Florida return. Louisiana taxes its residents on all income wherever earned, which means your Florida earnings go on a Louisiana resident return in full.
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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. Louisiana reaches all of a resident's income, and Florida adds nothing on top.
What you file
- 1Resident return · Louisiana
File a Louisiana resident return reporting all of your income.
The two states, side by side
| Louisiana | Florida | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — flat | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form IT-540B | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Schedule G (Form IT-540) | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Louisiana Department of Revenue | Florida Department of Revenue |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Florida and working in Louisiana 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: Louisiana → FloridaHome state only
- 1099 contractor: Louisiana → FloridaHome state only — estimated payments
- Moved mid-year: Louisiana → FloridaOne part-year return — the state you left
Other Louisiana pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Louisiana and work remotely for a Florida employer. Which state do I pay?
Only Louisiana taxes you. Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld there and you file no Florida return. Louisiana taxes its residents on all income wherever earned, which means your Florida earnings go on a Louisiana resident return in full.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Louisiana. Your employer should withhold Louisiana tax rather than Florida tax on these wages. If a Florida line is showing on your pay stub, raise it with payroll now rather than at filing time.
How current is this?
The Louisiana and Florida rules on this page were last checked against Louisiana Department of Revenue and Florida 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.
- Louisiana Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Florida Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07