It should not be showing up as an estimated tax payment. Any balance due on your California 2022 tax return would show up on Form 540, page 5, line 114. Having an estimated tax voucher for 2023 that is exactly the same amount might be a coincidence but is not directly related to the actual tax balance due on your 2022 income tax return.
As for the New York income, did you prepare one state as a resident return and the other as a nonresident? Or were you a part-time resident of both California or New York? You should only be taxed once. Typically you would report the income in the nonresident state where it is earned, and the resident state would then provide a credit for taxes paid to another state on your resident tax return.
Please see this link for more details.
If you determine the income was reported by both states, and you did not receive a credit in the resident state, you should consider amending your 2022 state tax returns to ensure you do not over pay any taxes in your resident state. Please see this link for guidance on amending your state returns. When you amend, be sure to go through the interview screens for the nonresident state return first. Then proceeds through the interview screens for the resident state return.
As far as filing only in New York and not in California, since we do not have access to your tax returns or the sources of your income, we cannot provide an answer one way or the other. It will depend upon circumstances such as where was your job located, where were the services performed for your job, were you a W-2 employee or a contractor, as well as the rules for each state.
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