Live in Georgia, Work in Nevada: Which State Taxes Your Paycheck?
Answer
Georgia gets all of it. Because Nevada does not tax wage income, no Nevada withholding exists and no Nevada return is required — but Georgia taxes residents on worldwide income, so every dollar earned in Nevada still belongs on your Georgia resident return.
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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. Georgia reaches all of a resident's income, and Nevada adds nothing on top.
What you file
- 1Resident return · Georgia
File a Georgia resident return reporting all of your income.
The two states, side by side
| Georgia | Nevada | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — flat | No |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form 500 with Schedule 3 | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Form 500 Schedule 2 | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Georgia Department of Revenue | 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 Georgia gives:Work 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: Georgia → NevadaHome state only
- 1099 contractor: Georgia → NevadaHome state only — estimated payments
- Moved mid-year: Georgia → NevadaOne part-year return — the state you left
Other Georgia pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Georgia and work in Nevada. Which state takes the tax out of my paycheck?
Georgia gets all of it. Because Nevada does not tax wage income, no Nevada withholding exists and no Nevada return is required — but Georgia taxes residents on worldwide income, so every dollar earned in Nevada still belongs on your Georgia resident return.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Georgia. Your employer should withhold Georgia 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 Georgia and Nevada rules on this page were last checked against Georgia Department of Revenue 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.
- Georgia Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Nevada Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07