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Turbotax online is changing my residency answers for California
I was a part-year resident of California for 2021 (I lived in California from August 2020, was registered to vote, filed my 2020 taxes from a California address, etc), but unexpectedly moved to another state at the beginning of May.
Turbotax interview asks three questions on the first page of the residency info for California:
1. Did you become a resident of California in 2021?
(My answer is no, because I became a resident in August 2020)
2. Did you become a nonresident of California in 2021?
(My answer is yes, because I moved to another state on May 1 and subsequently registered to vote/got a new DL, etc)
3. Were you a nonresident of California for all of 2021?
(My answer is no, because I lived in California and was registered, etc from August 2020 until April 30, 2021, so I was a part-year resident of California).
No matter how many times I go back and put in these answers as given above, Turbotax CHANGES my answer to question 3 to say "yes", which is incorrect according to the California FTB guidelines on determining residency. Why is Turbotax changing information I have entered, and how I fix this so that I file my return correctly?