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Level 2
January 27, 2026
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California Income Tax/ Non Resident

  • January 27, 2026
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I have a client who is a WA resident but works part of the year in CA.  The company is withholding CA income tax but the CFO of the company told the client that they would get a big refund because they were only there for 100 days.  From what I'm reading, and what Lacerte did in the CA return, it looks like the days there don't matter and all CA source income is taxed at their tax rate so the client is only getting a small return. I did put in the number of days and it's the non-resident return.
Does this sound right?  

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George4Tacks
Level 15
January 28, 2026

This sounds like it could be correct. Schedule S would not apply for a WA other state. 

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