topic Unemployment income from California as a non-resident in Deductions & credits

Unemployment income from California as a non-resident

DeeGeeWhy — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:50:34 GMT

I am a resident of Arizona but earned unemployment income in California. I know that CA does not tax unemployment income, hence, my CA taxable income will be zero.

1) Because my CA taxable income is zero, I don't intend to file a CA return. Is that correct?

2) Is that income taxable in Arizona? I don't see anyway in Turbo Tax to exclude that from my AZ income. Can I exclude it? and if so, how?

Re: Unemployment income from California as a non-resident

FangxiaL — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 22:55:48 GMT

If you don't have any taxable income from CA, you are not required to file a CA tax return.

Arizona taxes unemployment compensation to the same extent that it's taxable under federal law, which means that you can not exclude the CA compensation from your AZ income.

Re: Unemployment income from California as a non-resident

DeeGeeWhy — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 01:20:48 GMT

Many Thanks for the info