Nonresident State Returns

[geekgirldany]

I have a client that worked in California for the last three months of 2010. He is a subcontractor. I am really tired and this was brought in last minute.

I am thinking that I should do a California Non-Resident tax return. Is this correct?

Also since he still has a home in Georgia he is a resident there and that income would be excluded since it was not earned in Georgia. Is that correct?

Thank you for any help. Just losing some brain cells now I think.
Dany

[travis bickle]

Yes, and Yes, and by the way . . .

I have a client that worked in California for the last three months of 2010. He is a subcontractor. I am really tired and this was brought in last minute.

I am thinking that I should do a California Non-Resident tax return. Is this correct?

Also since he still has a home in Georgia he is a resident there and that income would be excluded since it was not earned in Georgia. Is that correct?

Thank you for any help. Just losing some brain cells now I think.
Dany

can you spell e-x-t-e-n-s-i-o-n ?

[Gary2]

Also since he still has a home in Georgia he is a resident there and that income would be excluded since it was not earned in Georgia. Is that correct?

As far as I know, every state with an income tax will tax the world-wide income of their residents. Generally, when the income is subject to taxation by a different jurisdiction, they calculate a credit based on the tax paid to the other jurisdiction; they don't simply exclude that income from taxation. (Otherwise people living in GA and working in FL would be paying no state income tax at all on that income.)

But also double check the client's intended domicile. My recollection is that CA is pretty generous on the issue of people working in-state with no intent of staying, but it's worth being sure.

[geekgirldany]

Thank you both for responding.

True don't know what I was thinking about excluding all that income from Georgia.

I will be getting them an extension. I told them when they came by and they said "ours is easy though". If they only knew

Thanks again
DAny