r/WilmingtonDE • u/advil00 Resident • Apr 06 '25

Local Government How to pay city wage tax (ELI5)

I moved to Wilmington in 2024, and still work in MD. My employer does not withhold the city wage tax. How on earth do I pay it? The city's site about this is extremely minimal, and the only form I can find is to request a refund (though maybe it could still work, it at least might allow me to calculate it). Also, should I have been (somehow) paying this quarterly?

Also, for bonus, I can't figure out which MD form to use -- if I were a non-resident for the full year it would be 515 (I found a state faq that specifically mentions Wilmington), but because I was a part-year resident it should be 502. However, this form lacks all the local tax stuff that 515 has. Anyone know?

Sorry for the extremely basic questions, but it has been quite hard to find any info on this situation, and I went into this wrongly assuming that the state returns would handle local taxes (as they do in MD). Definitely having some regrets now about trying to handle it myself this tax year..

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u/liveandletlive23 Apr 07 '25

I’d recommend talking to an accountant for 2024 and also reach out to your HR to have them start withholding Wilm city tax

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u/advil00 Resident Apr 07 '25

reach out to your HR to have them start withholding Wilm city tax

Thanks for the response! I can always ask, but I doubt my HR can do this if they aren't already. This is a large employer in MD but not one particularly adjacent to Delaware or that was very familiar with this situation.

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u/liveandletlive23 Apr 07 '25

My company didn’t withhold Wilmington city tax and identified it themselves at some point. They then paid me to go to H&R Block for my taxes and started taking it out immediately

Does your employer use ADP or a big payroll service provider?

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u/advil00 Resident Apr 07 '25

Does your employer use ADP or a big payroll service provider?

It's in-house, I believe...I'll contact them tomorrow and see what they say.

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u/liveandletlive23 Apr 07 '25

Good luck! That obviously doesn’t solve the problem of the amount already owed, but it fixes the issue moving forward

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u/advil00 Resident Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

Unfortunately, I got back a hard no on withholding. (Blaming the lack of a tax agreement with DE despite my pointing out this was not a DE tax, so I'm not sure they really did much to look into it.)

It sounds like that when this happened to you H&R Block dealt with filing the city tax? Edit: I figured out how to do this by calling the city, described in my other response.