Tax return (filing single) keeps asking me to file for two states (VA and CA), when I have only lived in one state (VA) and have never set foot in the other state (CA).

[mfazal20]

When filing my tax return, it keeps asking me to file for CA state tax when I haven't worked or lived there.  When I go through the process, I owe $0, but it still requires me to file no resident. I deleted the state return after completing it, but I can't seem to file for my VA state tax because it says I have to file for CA non resident, even though I am filing single and have only one source of income. How do I remove CA state tax from my file? This wasn't an issue in previous years.

[BillM223]

Is it possible that you have a CA instead of VA on your W-2 or 1099-R or other form reported withholding?

Unless you said that you lived in CA (it seems not), this is the other main way that TurboTax would bring up CA.

[mfazal20]

No, that's the strange thing. I haven't lived or worked in CA, but it keeps popping up on my file. All my W2s are from Virginia, and I only have one employer, who is headquartered in VA.

[DaveF1006]

See if you can file without filing a California return. Also check your PERSONAL INFO entries to see if you may have inadvertently mentioned California as a state that you previously resided in 2020.