fountainhead
Returning Member

Lump sum severance after moving to new state

Hi

Am trying to resolve an issue with many moving parts  ...  any insight would be great !

 

I left a company I was working for in NJ in Dec 2019 (was a resident there).  As part of that voluntary separation, I was told I would receive a separation pay  In Jan 2020, I moved to CA (just me, while my spouse stayed in NJ)  to join a new job. In  Feb 2020, I received the severance pay as a single lumpsum  (W-2 shows that taxes on that severance package  were paid in NJ, not in CA : likely because company was based there ). 

 

I was wondering if this would also need to be reported and taxed in the CA filing or just the NJ filing  ? 

Some other details : my spouse, who was non-earning during 2020 also relocated to CA after a few months (we sold our house in NJ and moved everything to CA)