Working in Louisiana but Texas resident...sort of...

[Heartland Patriot]

I'm going to be working down in Louisiana very soon. I had to take a job where I could get one, seems like no one wants an experienced aircraft mechanic in the DFW area unless that experience is on a specific airframe, or they only pay chickenfeed. I'm treating it like temporary duty rotations the way I did in the military. My wife has a decent job here and the family won't be moving down there with me, but I will come home as often as possible. Anyway, since I will still have a Texas address, I shouldn't have to change anything, right? Also, if I were to rent an apartment to live in when down there working, does that change things at all? I looked at the La. website, but it didn't really cover this sort of thing too well. Any informed opinions or links to applicable information will be appreciated.

[Teamless]

I am not sure it is an "informed information" however as long as you have a home (residence) in Texas, and are renting in Louisiana, you are still a Texas resident and have no issues with respect to your Texas Resident CHL

[smoothoperator]

I am not sure it is an "informed information" however as long as you have a home (residence) in Texas, and are renting in Louisiana, you are still a Texas resident and have no issues with respect to your Texas Resident CHL

That's how I would treat it. You have a home in Texas. Your wife and children live in Texas. It sounds like your domicile is in Texas, regardless of where you work or where you sleep at night.

[The Annoyed Man]

I am not sure it is an "informed information" however as long as you have a home (residence) in Texas, and are renting in Louisiana, you are still a Texas resident and have no issues with respect to your Texas Resident CHL

That's how I would treat it. You have a home in Texas. Your wife and children live in Texas. It sounds like your domicile is in Texas, regardless of where you work or where you sleep at night.

When I first moved to Texas, I lived in a hotel room in downtown Dallas for 2 months before getting myself an apartment in Grapevine where I lived until my family joined me. My family still lived in California until the end of June of that year. I still had a California driver's license, got mail in California, paid taxes in California, etc., and did not consider myself a legal resident of Texas until my family moved here to join me.

[powerboatr]

not sure about the chl over there....
but i get inquiries weekly from http://www.eurocopter.com/site/en/ref/home.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
over in fw

[Jumping Frog]

As unsolicited tax advice, if your job is in Louisiana and you are living there while you are working there, your residence is Louisiana for tax purposes. Tax residency always follows the job.

[Heartland Patriot]

As unsolicited tax advice, if your job is in Louisiana and you are living there while you are working there, your residence is Louisiana for tax purposes. Tax residency always follows the job.

Let me guess, Louisiana has state income tax, don't they?

[Heartland Patriot]

not sure about the chl over there....
but i get inquiries weekly from http://www.eurocopter.com/site/en/ref/home.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
over in fw

I tried to get a job with them, but someone else got it...I just don't have a lot of helo experience. Thanks for the info, though.

[Jumping Frog]

Let me guess, Louisiana has state income tax, don't they?

http://revenue.louisiana.gov/sections/i ... ncome.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[gringo pistolero]

Tax residency always follows the job.

Not always. But you usually have to pay state income tax (if any) where you earn the income, even as a nonresident.

[Jumping Frog]

Tax residency always follows the job.

Not always. But you usually have to pay state income tax (if any) where you earn the income, even as a nonresident.

You missed quoting part of my statement: "and you are living there while you are working there".

[MoJo]

I am both a Texas and Louisiana CHL instructor. I think as long as you remain a Texas Resident (maintain a domicile in Texas) you should be OK with your TXCHL. Here's the Louisiana State Police CHL information http://www.lsp.org/handguns.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I would download the CHL laws and familiarize myself with them. Some LA laws are way different from TX.

[RIG78]

Tax residency always follows the job.

Not always. But you usually have to pay state income tax (if any) where you earn the income, even as a nonresident.

You missed quoting part of my statement: "and you are living there while you are working there".

Depends on where he classified his "residence". He can rent housing (hotel, apt, or SF dwelling) without classifying as a "permanent residence" in LA, but he'll have to pay state taxes because he earned income in LA... Not because he could be considered a resident of LA. I understand what you're trying to say, it's just not a "residency" thing. It's just where you earn your income. For example, I could live in Orange, TX, cross the Sabine, work in Lake Charles, and cross back into TX at the end of the day. Just earned a check in LA, but file as a resident of TX.


Know this from MY experience in the past 11 years (multi-state employee in TX, LA, AR and MS). Glad I'm permanently in one place now. *knock on wood*

[Keith B]

Tax residency always follows the job.

Not always. But you usually have to pay state income tax (if any) where you earn the income, even as a nonresident.

You missed quoting part of my statement: "and you are living there while you are working there".

Depends on where he classified his "residence". He can rent housing (hotel, apt, or SF dwelling) without classifying as a "permanent residence" in LA, but he'll have to pay state taxes because he earned income in LA... Not because he could be considered a resident of LA. I understand what you're trying to say, it's just not a "residency" thing. It's just where you earn your income. For example, I could live in Orange, TX, cross the Sabine, work in Lake Charles, and cross back into TX at the end of the day. Just earned a check in LA, but file as a resident of TX.


Know this from MY experience in the past 11 years (multi-state employee in TX, LA, AR and MS). Glad I'm permanently in one place now. *knock on wood*

My nephew has just the opposite situation. His residence is in Missouri, but his job is on a research vessel in the Gulf. He is based in Texas, so gets paid from there. Texas has no state income tax, but because his domicile is in Missouri he has to pay income tax there. I believe if he was paid from a state where they did have state income tax, he would be allowed the difference between the state of residence and that state he worked in on the amount, but you would still pay whatever is the higher income tax rate total.

[Jumping Frog]

My nephew has just the opposite situation. His residence is in Missouri, but his job is on a research vessel in the Gulf. He is based in Texas, so gets paid from there. Texas has no state income tax, but because his domicile is in Missouri he has to pay income tax there. I believe if he was paid from a state where they did have state income tax, he would be allowed the difference between the state of residence and that state he worked in on the amount, but you would still pay whatever is the higher income tax rate total.

That isn't how I handled it when I moved to Texas.

I lived in a hotel for 7 months and worked here. Still owned a home in Ohio where wife and kids lived. Was irritated that I would have to pay the Ohio 6% income tax.

The tax attorney at my company is the one who told me I could declare Texas residency for tax purposes. He told me if Ohio challenged it, that it was well established that "residency followed the job". I earned no money in Ohio. I was in Texas at least 5 days a week that entire time.

I understand the points that people are making about living near a state border and commuting across state lines. That is a different scenario.

I have no reason to doubt our corporate tax guy. We operate in 27 countries plus many states and he is responsible for managing our tax filings in all jurisdictions.