# Telecommuting and state income taxes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telecommuting-and-state-income-taxes/398220>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 31, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telecommuting-and-state-income-taxes/398220 "2007-03-31T17:35:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telecommuting-and-state-income-taxes/398220/1 "2007-03-31T17:35:58Z")

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I am going to be working from home in IL as a salaried employee, but my employer is based in California. Do I pay IL income taxes, or CA income taxes? And if I pay CA income taxes, anyone know a good online CA tax estimator? 😉

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telecommuting-and-state-income-taxes/398220/2 "2007-03-31T17:51:27Z")

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As an Illinois resident, you pay Illinois tax.

Whether your employer withholds the Illinois tax is another question.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telecommuting-and-state-income-taxes/398220/3 "2007-04-01T01:57:36Z")

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Lady Chance does this.

She telecommutes from Ohio for an office in Virginia of a corporation based in California.

She pays Ohio state taxes.