Live in New York, Work Remotely for a Nevada Employer: Who Taxes You?
Answer
New York gets all of it. Because Nevada does not tax wage income, no Nevada withholding exists and no Nevada return is required — but New York taxes residents on worldwide income, so every dollar earned in Nevada still belongs on your New York resident return.
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The instinct that working in a no-tax state means paying no tax is the single most expensive misunderstanding in this niche. Nevada takes nothing, but New York still taxes residents on income earned anywhere, so the full amount lands on your New York return.
What you file
- 1Resident return · New York
File a New York resident return reporting all of your income.
The two states, side by side
| New York | Nevada | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — graduated | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | Yes — general rule | No |
| Nonresident return | Form IT-203 | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Form IT-112-R | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | Yes | No |
| Revenue department | New York State Department of Taxation and Finance | 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 New York gives:Convenience-of-the-employer rule — employer state taxes you.
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: New York → NevadaHome state only
- 1099 contractor: New York → NevadaHome state only — estimated payments
- Moved mid-year: New York → NevadaOne part-year return — the state you left
Other New York pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in New York and work remotely for a Nevada employer. Which state do I pay?
New York gets all of it. Because Nevada does not tax wage income, no Nevada withholding exists and no Nevada return is required — but New York taxes residents on worldwide income, so every dollar earned in Nevada still belongs on your New York resident return.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
New York. Your employer should withhold New York 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 New York and Nevada rules on this page were last checked against New York State Department of Taxation and Finance 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.
- New York State Department of Taxation and Finance — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Nevada Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07