random tax question

[rm]

I usually do my taxes myself, despite their being horribly complex.

This year I worked a film three days in CT, and taxes were taken out for both NYS and CT.

I have to file CT taxes too now, yes?

As a non-resident who only made about $3,500 in their state will I get a refund?

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[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

I don't know the rules for either state, but the relevant forms and websites should walk you through what you need to know.

Each state defines taxable income for itself, so that some states will tax income earned in-state by residents of any other state (California does this, theoretically); some tax income on some kind of pro-rata basis depending on number of days spent in the state; et cetera. Usually things work out in such a way that if you're liable for tax on earnings in one place, the other will give you a credit in the amount of the tax, so that you never wind up owing more than you'd have owed on that income under the higher of the tax rates of the two states that claim to tax it.

So bottom line is, you may well need to file in Connecticut as well as in New York. And if the rules work out in such a way that you're due a refund from them, as is not improbable, you'll definitely have to file to get any of it.