Hi there, I'm in California and I have a question about SDI on my W-2. I'm on the page that says "We need a little more info from your ______ W-2" and then "Do you have any State Disability Insurance (SDI) or Voluntary Plan Disability Insurance (VPDI) shown in Box 14 or Box 19 of this W-2?" The requests following are: If…
I do not fall under the California requirements for the children with unearned income reporting which are "a child under age 19 or a full-time student under age 24", yet I am being asked to provide both SSN and taxable income information for my parent(s) in the state filing flow. I have not checked anywhere that I was a…
I am a university student in CA, but my hometown is in MD. I just finished putting in all of my information for the 2025 tax year, but when I get to the checkout section, the top bar still says $0 for both federal and CA return. Is this because I'm filing as a nonresident? For my address, I put my current apartment…
All of my state return (CA) that was done through FreeTaxUSA, Other than the first page that instructs me on what to do with the printed papers and where to mail them, are covered in "Do not file" "Form Not Finalized" Regardless if i use the option to direct print, or download and print later. Did I fill out something…
I have invested exclusively in federal treasury funds inside my HSA so that they're exempt from CA state tax, but I don't see a way to enter this in the questionnaire (it just asks if there was any interest or dividends inside the HSA). Any way to specify where the interest comes from, or should I just put $0 since it's…
Hi everyone, I'm a full-time student and a New York resident. In summer 2024, I completed a paid internship in California (June to August). This internship was my only source of income in 2024 – I had no income in NY. Here’s the tricky part: My employer issued two separate W-2s for this one internship: W-2 (NY): Includes…
Hello. I have a rental property in Texas, which has no state income tax. However, I am a resident in California, which requires rental property to be filed as part of my income. I cannot seem to be able to configure this directly. Is there a way for me to adjust to add rental income to be recognized in the California state…
Freetaxusa shows that my California Income Tax Withheld is $7,370, even though across my W-2s, that amount is only $6154.27. I'm a resident of WA that travels to CA for work. How do I validate how freetaxusa comes up with the $7,370 amount? The 540NR form simply states the amount withheld without saying how it's calculated.
I thought I used CalFile successfully last year, and I have a rental home with Schedule E. Then I saw we couldn't use CalFile free if we have Schedule E or some other forms. Any thoughts about this? Do I have to file on FreeTaxUSA and pay the $14.99 for the state return?
Hi, I need to add an adjustment to my income for California. On Form CA 540 I am able to do this by adding an addition on line 3b Column C for additions. The interface is pretty poor in that I don't seem to be able to manually add additions to my California income. I figured I could also add it in line 8z. Maybe I am…
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