It depends. As a non-resident of CA, you must pay tax on income from CA sources which include:
- Income from services performed in CA
- Rent collected from real property located in CA
- Income from a CA business, trade, or profession
- Income from the sale/transfer of real property located in CA
To determine if you have a filing requirement as a non-resident of CA, you have to look at all your income. If the $3,000 of income you mentioned above is your total gross (worldwide) income, then you are not required to file a CA non-resident tax return.
If the $3,000 mentioned above is just your CA adjusted gross income, you need to look at the table on the State of CA, Franchise Tax Board web-site for Part-year resident and nonresident filing requirements to determine if you need to file the non-resident return based on your total gross income (worldwide).
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