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linuxlass

Remote employee, remote student fin aid, & state taxes

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My kid is a college student who was sent home (Oregon) from college (California) due to the virus. Before she was sent home, she did a small amount of work on campus as a tutor. After she was sent home, she continued doing the tutoring. She also had a summer job that was 100% remote (the company branch is in California). She also received taxable financial aid from the college in Feb, and then after she was in Oregon.

Her W2 from the campus job had no state tax withheld. Her W2 from the summer job only had Oregon tax withheld.

How do I divide this up when filing the state taxes?

My guesses:

  • For the time she was living in California (Jan-Mar), she counts as a Nonresident, and reports income earned only during that period. She needs to split the W2 amount from the campus job based on the time she lived there, and she doesn't report the summer job, since she was in Oregon at that time. She also only reports the taxable financial aid she received between Jan and Mar.

  • For Oregon, she reports all her income: the taxable financial aid, and both W2 amounts. The summer job company being in California doesn't mean she has to report this income to California, since she's a resident of Oregon and was living here the whole time she worked for them.

Is this correct?

Posted Feb 3, 2021, 5:28 AM UTC

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