JotikaT2
Employee Tax Expert

State tax filing

You are correct.

 

Box 16 of your W-2 would have been the total California wages.

Box 17 of your W-2 would have been the total California income taxes withheld.

 

As long as your income is below the amounts listed below for your filing status, you would not have been required to file a California return in 2015.

 

2015 Filing requirements

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