TomD8
Level 15

State tax filing

"I am planning to travel abroad on a full time bases (for the time being)" 

 

Be aware that CA will continue to regard you as a CA resident for tax purposes until you abandon your domicile in CA and establish a new domicile in another state or a foreign country.  See Meaning of Domicile and Change of Domicile on page 10 of this CA tax publication:

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2022/2022-1031-publication.pdf

 

Your income is fully taxable by California as long as you are domiciled in California.  You can have only one domicile at a time.

 

You cannot avoid your state income tax obligation (if any) by simply changing your mailing address to a no-income-tax state.  If that were possible, everyone would do it.

 

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.