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Level 2
posted Jul 2, 2019 2:26:52 PM

California Residency - Can't select part year resident

I was a California resident for a few years before completely moving out of the state at the end of Feb 2018. I moved to IL, where I lived until the end of June 2018. Then I moved abroad. I was working in California for those two months (Jan - Feb).

 

I'm currently filling out my CA state return, but when reviewing the non-resident/part year resident schedule 540NR, TurboTax automatically selected Nonresident for question 1 and I'm not sure how to change it. I assume I was a part year resident since I was there for 2 months of the year.

 

When I go to the  Status of your state returns page, it says:

 

California - Nonresident

Illinois - Part-Year Resident

 

And in terms of the questions asked at the beginning of the California return:

Did you become a California resident during 2018? No

Did you become a California nonresident during 2018? Yes

Were you a California nonresident during all of 2018? No

 
Were you a California resident before 2018? Yes
Did you enter California before 2018? Yes
Did you leave California before 2018? No
 
 
On the general Personal Info page, under "Tell us the state(s) you lived in", I have "Foreign" and "Illinois" selected. It doesn't let me add a third location.
 
Thank you for the help.

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Level 15
Jul 3, 2019 4:55:38 AM

Non resident or part year resident will get the same bottom line ... I do believe that since you were only there for 2 months you qualify as a non resident.