I am planning to rent a small apartment in CA for my wife and my daughter while I will keep working most of the time (60%+) from WA. My employer won’t change my location for the W-2.
The only salary we will get is coming from my job. When filling taxes next year I am planning to continue filing taxes jointly with my wife.
I have some questions for you:
- Because we rented an apartment in CA for my wife and my daughter, is there any risk that CA will try to collect taxes against 100% of my salary in WA just because we are filling jointly our tax return? (My employer will keep showing me in the W-2 as based on WA)
- If I work from CA 40% of the time, so I can visit my family, will I have to pay CA taxes against 40% of my salary and any other income during the year (i.e. dividends and interests)?
- How will CA determine how many days I have worked from CA vs. WA?
