Live in Virginia, Work in Nevada: Which State Taxes Your Paycheck?
Answer
Your home state takes it and the work state does not. Nevada levies no tax on wages; Virginia taxes residents on all income regardless of where it was earned. The result is a single Virginia resident return covering the full amount, with no offsetting credit.
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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 Virginia still taxes residents on income earned anywhere, so the full amount lands on your Virginia return.
What you file
- 1Resident return · Virginia
File a Virginia resident return reporting all of your income.
The two states, side by side
| Virginia | Nevada | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | Yes — graduated | No |
| Reciprocity partners | 5 (Form VA-4) | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Form 763 | Not applicable |
| Credit for other-state tax | Schedule OSC | No income tax |
| Nonresident safe harbour | None published | Not applicable |
| Local income tax | No | No |
| Revenue department | Virginia Department of Taxation | 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 Virginia 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: Virginia → NevadaHome state only
- 1099 contractor: Virginia → NevadaHome state only — estimated payments
- Moved mid-year: Virginia → NevadaOne part-year return — the state you left
Other Virginia pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Virginia and work in Nevada. Which state takes the tax out of my paycheck?
Your home state takes it and the work state does not. Nevada levies no tax on wages; Virginia taxes residents on all income regardless of where it was earned. The result is a single Virginia resident return covering the full amount, with no offsetting credit.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Virginia. Your employer should withhold Virginia 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 Virginia and Nevada rules on this page were last checked against Virginia Department of Taxation 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.
- Virginia Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Virginia — Form VA-4accessed 2026-08-07
- Virginia Tax — Reciprocityaccessed 2026-08-07
- Nevada Department of Taxation — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07