Address on Income Tax Form Not in my Resident State?
I’m a consultant who travels often for my job. My home office is located in VA and for tax purposes this is also considered my tax state. I no longer rent in VA given that I travel weekly for my job. Normally, I spend my weekends in Chicago with my boyfriend. Am I allowed to use a non VA address when filing my Federal and Virginia state tax forms…given that I currently don’t have a place in VA? If this isn’t possible, can I use a business address on personal income tax forms. My office is located in Virginia. FYI – not interesting in transferring offices to Chicago. Would like Virginia to remain as my state of residence.
Bostonian is normally right, but not on this one.
Virginia recognizes two types of residents: domicilliary and actual. You are considered a domicilliary resident of Virginia until you set up a permanent residence in another state. And Virginia won’t count spending weekends in Illinois as setting up permanent residence. So you will be still be considered a Virginia resident. Yes, you may file with an out-of-state address. And Virginia is notorious for going after people who travel for their job, knowing they rarely establish a “domicile” in a new state.
Now, Illinois may also consider you a resident (I deal primarily with East Coast states, so I don’t know Illinois tax law). So it is theoretically possible to be a resident of both states, if you meet Illinois’s criteria.
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