avNYC
Returning Member

State tax filing

Hi - we just received the same letter from the CA FTB for income earned in CA. My wife earned some consulting $$ from a CA company and we never lived in CA. Now the form says we have to pay taxes on income as a non-resident on "income received for services performed which benefited a business of individual in CA, regardless where such services were performed." Is this legal? We paid full taxes to our state (NY) and now the want to tax us on not only the small amount my wife made but on our full AGI which includes my full NY salary...? Is this for real?

 

Can anyone please advise.

 

Thank you.