Why is my adjusted gross income in Utah the same as my federal adjusted income when income earned in Utah was $73,300 and my income for California was $71,961 and my adjusted gross income on federal income tax return is $159,915?

[SweetieJean]

Did (1) you move from one state to the other during 2020, or (2) are you filing a Nonresident ("NR") return in one state, and a Resident ("R") one in the other?  If so, which is NR and which is R?

[BShifman]

NR   California, full time resident UT.    We move to UT in 2012 and have not lived in CA since then.

[ErnieS0]

The Utah tax form (TC-40) starts with federal income because of the way Utah calculates tax on part-year residents. However you are not being tax on federal income; only the UT percentage.

Utah first calculates a base tax rate as if all your income were earned in Utah. Your actual tax is the Utah income percentage of the base tax. For example, if you earned $159,915 total and $73,300 in UT, your Utah tax would be the UT tax on $159,915 x ($73,300/$159,915),

The tax computation is shown on Form TC-40B.