No, she does not need to file a CA non resident tax return since her income was less than $12,950.
If you can be claimed as a dependent on another person's tax return, you have a different standard deduction. It cannot be more than the normal standard deduction. Your standard deduction is the larger of:
- Your earned income plus $350, or
- $1,100 for the taxable year
However, if she had CA taxes withheld, she may want to file to claim a refund of the taxes withheld.
She does not need to file form FTB 3800 since the passive income is not from CA. Therefore, you do not need to include your income on the form. Instead, as you walk through the CA return, this income should be removed from her CA income. You can then go to Tax Tools>>Tools>>Delete a Form>>Delete FTB 3800 to remove that form from the return.
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