Sunday, November 14, 2010

How is it fair I live in Florida - work in Alabama and I have to pay AL state taxes

How is it fair I live in Florida - work in Alabama and I have to pay AL state taxes?
I think it's ridiculous that we are hardly getting back any of the Alabama state taxes we paid in for the year. My husband only worked there for four months, he paid almost $800 and we only get back about $115!!! We don't live there, shop there so why should we pay that much in taxes? I had assumed we would get most, if not all of it back!!!
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1 :
You obviously assumed wrong. Since he works there, AL has the right to tax his wages. It's as simple as that. Be thankful that you don't live in GA. If you did, you'd be filing TWO state income tax returns and paying state income taxes to BOTH states.
2 :
Florida and Alabama may not have state payroll tax agreement. Some states like Maryland and Pennsylvania, allow residents to choose what state they want to pay taxes to if they live in one state, and work in the other. The payroll taxed in Alabama will probably not be taxed by Florida. Remember, it is a payroll tax, not a head tax. All the businesses in Alabama report their payroll to Alabama.
3 :
who said anything has to be fair?
4 :
Be lucky you got that much back. We used to live in AL and our gripe too was not getting much back. Maybe your husband should seek work in FL.