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California residency is tough to break.  A lot depends on your intent.  If you retired and plan to live the rest of your life in this foreign country, have cut your ties with the state, gotten rid of your CA driver's license, etc., then you can probably make a case to CA that your residency ended in 5/23. 

 

If, on the other hand, you left for an Expat job it gets muddier.  CA has passed a law saying that if you leave for more than 18 months, don't visit for more than 45 days/year, and have less than $200,000 in intangible income, then they wouldn't consider you a resident.

 

However, sale of your home will always be taxable there (subject to the exclusion discussed in the previous post), no matter when you sell it.  And rental income from the house (assuming you rented it) will always be taxable there too.

 

Thanks,

 

Marty

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