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Live in Arizona, but have rental house in California. Did not make any money off property in California for 2018. Do I have to file income tax in California for 2018 ?

Retired, living in state of Arz. but own a townhouse in California that is an investment property that I rent out. In 2018, I am showing a loss of $3,000 + on this property on my Federal return. Is it still necessary for me to file state income tax with state of California ? 

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Live in Arizona, but have rental house in California. Did not make any money off property in California for 2018. Do I have to file income tax in California for 2018 ?

No. You are only required to file a California state income tax return if you have income from the state.

Since the rental property is showing a loss, you do not need to file a CA Non-Resident Income Tax Return.

For more information, follow this link:  CA Non-Residents and Part Year Residents

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Live in Arizona, but have rental house in California. Did not make any money off property in California for 2018. Do I have to file income tax in California for 2018 ?

No. You are only required to file a California state income tax return if you have income from the state.

Since the rental property is showing a loss, you do not need to file a CA Non-Resident Income Tax Return.

For more information, follow this link:  CA Non-Residents and Part Year Residents

Live in Arizona, but have rental house in California. Did not make any money off property in California for 2018. Do I have to file income tax in California for 2018 ?

You are not required to, but you might want to anyway, to go on the record.  CA has a reputation of being very aggressive in their tax collection efforts, so if they see that you are the registered owner of a property in CA they may come after you to file a tax return.  You can either deal with them at that point, or head it off at the pass by filing now.

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