topic How to get 540NR in Turbotax 2025? in State tax filing

How to get 540NR in Turbotax 2025?

user17638037803 — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:41:49 GMT

I purchased Turbotax Deluxe 2025 with federal and state return included and 1 federal free efile.

I am a nonresident in california and US for whole of 2025. I entered my address as "Foreign address".

Turbotax Deluxe computes my federal taxes correctly.

1) When I go to State return, it says CA tax= $0 because I lived outside US and

I do not need to file California return!

That is NOT correct. California requires me to file 540NR for my California source income.

Part-year resident and nonresident | FTB.ca.gov

2) I clicked on "Get another State" and tried to download California version and

it is charging me another $40, though my Turbotax Deluxe includes 1 free State return!

Can you please correct errors in Turbotax Deluxe 2025, so that I can file 540NR ?

Thanks!

Re: How to get 540NR in Turbotax 2025?

NCperson — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:03:06 GMT

@user17638037803 - just curious, if you are a non-resident for the whole year, aren't you required to complete federal form 1040-NR which is not supported by Turbo Tax? how could your federal forms be correct in that instance?

Can you please state where you were living in 2025? If you lived in CA for the whole year, and are not a US citizen or resident alien, then under the physical presence test, yes, filing the normal 1040 is correct, but then filing the CA non-resident form would not correct. You would be subject to tax on any income earned while living in CA and Form 540 would be correct (540NR would be incorrect).

Re: How to get 540NR in Turbotax 2025?

Mike9241 — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 08:12:01 GMT

state returns for 2025 are probably not available at this time assuming form 1040 is the correct form rather than 1040-NR

Re: How to get 540NR in Turbotax 2025?

user17638037803 — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:08:21 GMT

I am a US Citizen who is outside US for whole of 2025

and need to file regular form 1040, which is available in

Turbotax Deluxe 2025 desktop version.

U.S. citizens and residents abroad filing requirements | Internal Revenue Service

1) When I go to State return, it says CA tax= $0 because I lived outside US and

I do not need to file California return!

That is NOT correct. California requires me to file 540NR for my California source income.

Part-year resident and nonresident | FTB.ca.gov

2) I clicked on "Get another State" and tried to download California version and

it is charging me another $40, though my Turbotax Deluxe includes 1 free State return!

Clearly this is a bug in Turbotax Deluxe 2025 desktop version.

Turbotax: Please fix this bug soon!

Re: How to get 540NR in Turbotax 2025?

SteamTrain — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 21:41:56 GMT

@user17638037803

Not sure anyone here knows how to fix that, and phone support doesn't seem to be available for people living in Foreign locations

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Still...you probably should just stop trying to mess with the State forms it until Mid-January, and to get the proper CA tax forms....

Right now, the Paper CA tax forms are not expected to be ready until sometime AFTER 6 January...

....and for e-filing purposes, none will be ready until After 8 January.

i.e, just run the main updates for your software every Friday until then, and maybe it will all get smoother.

(for e-filing, you cannot e-file CA until ALL the Federal forms for your e-filing are ready too. Like some of the foreign credits until after 15 Jan, and a scattering of Fed forms, not until late in January or even February)