Live in Alaska, Work in Georgia: Which State Taxes Your Paycheck?
Answer
The work state takes it. Georgia taxes nonresidents on income earned within the state and expects a nonresident return; Alaska has no wage income tax, so nothing is due there. This is the common pattern for people who live in a no-tax state and commute across the line.
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Living in a state with no income tax removes the resident return, but it does not shelter income you earn somewhere else. Georgia taxes what is earned inside Georgia, whoever earns it, and a nonresident return is how that gets settled.
What you file
- 1Nonresident return · GeorgiaForm 500 with Schedule 3
File a Georgia nonresident return for the wages you earned in Georgia. Alaska has no wage income tax, so there is no second return and no credit to claim.
The two states, side by side
| Alaska | Georgia | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — flat |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form 500 with Schedule 3 |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Form 500 Schedule 2 |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division | Georgia Department of Revenue |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Georgia and working in Alaska 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.
- Remote worker: Alaska → GeorgiaNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Alaska → GeorgiaClient state only, if you work there
- Moved mid-year: Alaska → GeorgiaOne part-year return — the state you moved to
Other Alaska pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Alaska and work in Georgia. Which state takes the tax out of my paycheck?
The work state takes it. Georgia taxes nonresidents on income earned within the state and expects a nonresident return; Alaska has no wage income tax, so nothing is due there. This is the common pattern for people who live in a no-tax state and commute across the line.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Georgia. The wages are sourced to Georgia, so Georgia withholding is correct and there is no Alaska withholding to set up, because Alaska levies no income tax on wages.
How current is this?
The Alaska and Georgia rules on this page were last checked against Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division and Georgia 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.
- Alaska Department of Revenue — Tax Division — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Georgia Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07