Critter, while I absolutely agree with you that this should NOT be considered CA income, they list receiving 1099 / Sole proprietor income as something that requires me to file non resident taxes with them. (see link below) My client is passing along some of my questions to her CA accountant. So maybe I can get some answers there too. But apparently this has become a problem for others besides me b/c CA is tired of losing income with so many moving out of state. But that shouldn't impact me! We moved 4 years ago. On purpose. To get away from their high rates.
But I can't understand why on earth this would be legal for them to require me to file. Even just the act of reopening a prior year's taxes to file costs a lot of time and money! Let alone if they decide I owe anything plus 16+ months of interest.
What do you think of this:
https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/business/types/sole-proprietorship.html
