Alaska tax forms & filing.

Things to know about filing in Alaska

• The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is paid annually to every Alaska resident and is fully taxable on your federal return as other income. We capture it on Schedule 1.
• Alaska levies no state income, sales, or inheritance tax at the state level. Some Alaska municipalities do impose local sales tax — that's a business compliance issue, not an individual filing concern.
• If you moved to Alaska during the year, your prior-state return covers wages earned before the move. We handle the part-year allocation across states.

Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend — federally taxable

Every Alaska resident who meets the eligibility requirements receives the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) — a per-resident annual cash distribution from the state's oil-revenue trust fund. The amount varies year to year but is consistently in the four-figure range per resident.

The PFD is fully taxable on your federal return as 'other income' (Schedule 1). It's not subject to Alaska state tax because Alaska has no state income tax — but Alaska does NOT shield it from federal taxation. For a family of four, the PFD adds meaningful federal taxable income.

Eligibility runs through the state PFD office and requires physical presence in Alaska for the full prior calendar year (with limited exceptions for military service, education, medical treatment, etc.). New Alaska residents are not eligible until they complete a full calendar year of residency.

Alaska residency for income-tax purposes — when it matters

Because Alaska has no state income tax, 'Alaska residency' for state income tax purposes is mostly relevant in the context of (a) qualifying for the Permanent Fund Dividend, (b) escaping another state's income tax claim, and (c) certain business compliance items.

For Alaska-to-non-tax-state moves (TX/FL/NV/SD/WY/WA/TN), the federal return is the only filing required after the move. For Alaska-to-tax-state moves (or vice versa), part-year resident filings apply in the tax state for the in-state period.

Self-employed Alaska residents serving out-of-state clients may have nexus exposure in client states depending on the nature of the work and whether services are performed in those states. We map this out at intake for Alaska-based consultants and contractors.

Refund status

Alaska does not have an individual income tax refund tracker because there is no individual income tax return. For your federal refund, use the IRS Where's My Refund tool.

Multi-state considerations

If you lived or worked in more than one state during the tax year, you typically file a part-year resident return in each state. If you live in one state and work in another, you usually file as a resident where you live and as a nonresident in the work state — claiming a credit on the resident return for taxes paid to the work state. Reciprocity agreements between some neighboring states change this default; we map this out at intake.

Alaska-specific multi-state nuances are addressed in the quirks list above when they apply.

Get the current-year forms

State tax rates, brackets, and forms change every year. We point to the Alaska Department of Revenue as the authoritative source for current-year information. Form numbers above are stable; rates, deduction amounts, and credit limits are not — always verify before relying on a specific dollar amount.

Open the Alaska Department of Revenue website →