BillM223
Expert Alumni

Retirement tax questions

You should certainly contact the pension administrator to report the error, but I doubt they will do anything about it.

 

The problem is that they have already sent your money to California.

 

California won't give your money back unless you file a non-resident return showing that you don't owe the money.

 

Unfortunately, this is true of every state - all you can do is file a non-resident return to get your money back.

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