I lived and worked in Texas mostly in 06 and a few months in CA where I live now how do I file state taxes?

Question

Worked in Texas Jan - Oct 06 and Nov - Dec 06 in CA do I have to file two state taxes. One non-resident and one resident for CA?

Answer 1

decent question (for a change)

if Texas has state income tax (think they do) then for your tax return you have to fillout your 1040 CA resident state and non resident texas

ok since texas does NOT have state income tax don't bother (I thought they did no biggie) you ended the year in CA therefore for all intense pruposes you could do either or but go ahead and file resident since that is your address as of dec 31.

Answer 2

Texas has no Income Tax.

You will file a California return as a part-year resident for the time you were in CA. File your Federal return as normal.

Answer 3

I think that you would be a part-year resident in both states. You may have to meet some qualifications though in CA like living there for a certain number of months.

Answer 4

Sorry, zy, you're wrong. Texas does NOT have an individual income tax. You will file your CA return as a part-year resident.

Answer 5

You will file in CA as a partial year resident on form 540NR which is available at this website
http://www.taxes.ca.gov/forms1.html#FTB
Do your federal taxes first, then doing the CA taxes is quite easy as you just have to copy numbers over from the federal form.

Answer 6

Californai figures your tax rate on the total of your yearlong income regardless of where it's from. Then you compute your tax on the whole. Finally, you pro-rate the tax amount based upon the earnings you received from CA sources versus all sources.

So if you earned $75K in TX and $25K in CA, you compute CA tax on $100K. Then you pay 25% of the tax because that's your CA ratio.

TX has no state tax.

Answer 7

i'm questioning the place you the two lived earlier getting married. in case you the two have settled in California, then why did you progression? if your son is living in Texas and is an grownup now, what's the objective of living there if he has his very own existence now. you could desire to enable your son stay his very own existence. I understand you elect to be closer to your son, yet you have your existence with your spouse. who're you married to...it is your spouse. She desires you too. while you're actually not prepared to stay with your spouse in California, then that shows which you're actually not dedicated to creating your marriage paintings. you could continuously circulate to your son in Texas.