Live in South Carolina, Work Remotely for a Vermont Employer: Who Taxes You?
Answer
Your home state takes it and the work state does not. Vermont levies no tax on wages; South Carolina taxes residents on all income regardless of where it was earned. The result is a single South Carolina 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. South Carolina reaches all of a resident's income, and Vermont adds nothing on top.
What you file
- 1Resident return · South Carolina
File a South Carolina resident return reporting all of your income.
The two states, side by side
| South Carolina | Vermont | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — graduated | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form SC1040 with Schedule NR | Form IN-111 with Schedule IN-113 |
| Credit for other-state tax | Form SC1040TC | Schedule IN-117 |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | South Carolina Department of Revenue | Vermont Department of Taxes |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Vermont and working in South Carolina 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: South Carolina → VermontBoth states — credit offsets the double tax
- 1099 contractor: South Carolina → VermontHome state, plus the client state if you work there
- Moved mid-year: South Carolina → VermontTwo part-year returns
Other South Carolina pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in South Carolina and work remotely for a Vermont employer. Which state do I pay?
Your home state takes it and the work state does not. Vermont levies no tax on wages; South Carolina taxes residents on all income regardless of where it was earned. The result is a single South Carolina resident return covering the full amount, with no offsetting credit.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
South Carolina. Your employer should withhold South Carolina tax rather than Vermont tax on these wages. If a Vermont line is showing on your pay stub, raise it with payroll now rather than at filing time.
Does my Vermont employer's location alone create a Vermont tax obligation?
No. Vermont 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 Vermont are a different matter — those are Vermont-source income and can require a nonresident return.
How current is this?
The South Carolina and Vermont rules on this page were last checked against South Carolina Department of Revenue and Vermont Department of Taxes 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.
- South Carolina Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Vermont Department of Taxes — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07