State Witholding Tax Question (Live in GA, Work remote for a company in SC)

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September 13, 2024
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My employer is in SC and witholds SC taxes currently.

I live in ga and work in ga, sometimes maybe 1-2 times a month i may do a meeting in SC but thats about it.

My understanding is that the employer should be witholding only GA taxes for me but thats not the case.

While i will work to fix this, assuming its not fixed, I assume ill file a SC tax return non-resident and then GA will give me a credit for taxes paid to SC when i file GA return? Anything else i should know or do about this ?

I will get it fixed but its not something i can control so for this year im in this situation. Thanks !

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Anonymous_

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Hal_Al

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Because you do physically work in SC ("sometimes maybe 1-2 times a month I may do a meeting in SC "), you do have to file a non-resident SC tax return and pay SC for that portion of you salary allocated to the time in SC. GA will tax all your income (even the days in SC) and allow a credit for the small amount you pay to SC.

Ideally, you employer should withhold both SC (a small amount) and GA tax. If they unwilling to do that, you should make quarterly estimated payments to GA to avoid an "underpayment penalty".

jtwcarboyAuthor

Thank you

so the over payment to sc which had already been paid, does that just get refunded to me by SC each year ? So I pay ga out of pocket , get refund of overpayment from SC based on time in state / actual taxes etc ?