You could revisit the California section of TurboTax to see where you can eliminate that income from the California return. There is a section near the end of the California interview, "Here's the income that California handles differently". You could enter a description of any item that should not be subject to California tax as a nonresident and an amount to subtract from California taxable income. However, the Form 3800 may still come up.
Have you tried completing the Form 3800? If your parents are not going to file a Form 540NR, you can enter zeros in the section that asks for the parents' taxable income and tax from their Forms 540NR.
If none of the unearned income is California-sourced, and you are not going to file a nonresident California return, then you can enter zeros in the sections of California Form 3800 that ask what you entered on your nonresident California return.
In the alternative, you can delete the Form 3800 as follows:
- Sign in to TurboTax.
- Select Deductions & Credits.
- In the left-side menu, select Tax Tools, then Tools.
- Select Delete a form, from the list in the pop-up window.
- Check the list for Form 3800, under the California return, select Delete next to the form.
- Confirm your Delete, select Continue.
- Select Continue with my return.
- Select Review and Check my return.
[Edited 03/04/26| 3:28pm PST]
@tianwaifeixian (edited)
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