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My spouse and I moved to MD in 2017 but I still teach an online class for a California college. Or should I report $0 or $10k as CA income?

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June 4, 2019
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My spouse and I moved to MD in 2017, but I still teach an online class for a California college. I also had a retroactive income credit from another CA college. I did no work when physically located in CA in 2018. I had a 1099G from 2017 in CA & two (of 5) W-2s reported CA state income. The remaining W-2s are for Maryland. The CA income is~ $10k, a very small fraction of our combined income. Turbotax wanted me to download both states, so I did. When I filled out the CA nonresident form, reporting the $10k as the California portion of our total income, Turbotax reduced our MD tax liability by almost half and increased our CA tax liability to a few hundred dollars. Did I do this correctly by counting the $10k as CA income or should I report $0 as CA income? Or do I need to double-report the $10k?

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Best answer by Zbucklyo

You should not report any income for California if you were not physically present when you performed the work. If you had CA taxes withheld on your W-2s, you will have to file a CA non-resident tax return to get the withholding back. Otherwise, just file a MD tax return.

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You should not report any income for California if you were not physically present when you performed the work. If you had CA taxes withheld on your W-2s, you will have to file a CA non-resident tax return to get the withholding back. Otherwise, just file a MD tax return.

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mglauner

If your California income was earned while you were a resident of Maryland, then file a Non-Resident CA State return to get a refund of taxes paid to California.

Click this link for info on How to File a Non-Resident Return.

[Edited 03/23/2020 | 4:49 PM]