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- From: gordon@sneaky.lonestar.org (Gordon Burditt)
- Subject: Re: State income taxes
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.212055.16285@sneaky.lonestar.org>
- Organization: Gordon Burditt
- References: <1992Jul24.005420.22934@crash.cts.com>
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:20:55 GMT
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- >I'm going to be moving out of California at the end of August.
- >Considering that I was a CA resident for most of the year, will I still
- >have to file a CA state income tax return? I'm particular interested in
-
- In general, income is "contaminated" by a particular state if the income
- came from that state and/or you lived in that state (tax authorities
- use some damn-fool concept called "principal residence") while you earned it.
- You have to report income "contaminated" by a particular state on a
- return for that state, unless the amount is so low you're not required
- to file. This often results in double taxation. It's a real good idea
- not to work in one state and live in another for very long.
-
- You can file for a refund whether or not you are required to file.
- If you have half a year's income in a state, you probably are required
- to file. If you don't have to file and have a refund coming, you
- get to decide whether it's worthwhile to file to get a dollar and
- seventeen cents back.
-
- As an example, a certain partnership which doesn't report its own
- taxes but divides it up for shareholders to report gave me a list
- of a dozen states and income I was supposed to report in that state.
- (Since the largest amount was $3 besides the state I live in, which
- doesn't have an income tax, I didn't have to bother. If I owned a
- lot more stock in that partnership, I would have to.).
-
- >filing because I believe that CA will end up owing me come April 15,
- >1993. The state I'm moving to has no state income tax. Could someone
- >please inform me if I can do this legally under the CA state tax code?
-
- By the way, does the state of California accept its own IOUs as payment?
- (They give you an IOU for something, you give it back as a motor vehicle
- registration fee or tax payment). Is there a secondary market in
- IOUs? (Someone willing to buy them at a discount).
-
- Gordon L. Burditt
- sneaky.lonestar.org!gordon
-