ToddL
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State tax filing

Did your employer withhold CA state tax for the period you worked in CA? (This is unlikely). If they did, you will have to file a CA return to get a refund. As a civil servant, your earnings are considered to be from the state where your position is located. 

If not, then the program is probably directing you to prepare a CA return because you answered "Yes" to the Personal Info interview question "Did you make money in any other states?"

 If so, you should either change the answer to that question to "No" or ignore the prompts to prepare a CA state tax return. If you encounter any errors when you try to file, you MAY have to try Using Clear & Start Over in TurboTax Online.

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