As @AmyC said, what do you actually do when you are in CA? Are you meeting with clients or are you just meeting a coworker for lunch planning when to meet a client? Are you going to the CA site to work? Are you making money for your employer while you are there? Why are you going to CA?
Here are the CA rules
"As a nonresident, you pay tax on your taxable income from California sources.
Sourced income includes, but is not limited to:
- Services performed in California
- Rent from real property located in California
- The sale or transfer of real California property
- Income from a California business, trade or profession"
If you are there just to meet with coworkers, but you do not actually make any money for your company while you are there, then you would not be "working" in CA. However, if you are meeting with clients, setting up deals, servicing components, etc, this would be considered CA source income and you would need to file a CA Nonresident return.
"Service" means a commodity consisting of activities engaged in by a person for another person for consideration. The term "service" does not include activities performed by a person who is not in a regular trade or business offering its services to the public, and does not include services rendered to another member of the taxpayer's combined reporting group as defined in Regulation section 25106.5(b)(3). Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 18, § 25136-2 - Sales Factor. Sales Other than Sales of Tangible Personal Prope...
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