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Iarteaga
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Worked in Washington but resident of California do I need to pay taxes in California

 
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Hal_Al
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Worked in Washington but resident of California do I need to pay taxes in California

The general rule is (and it applies, in your case): you report all your income on your resident state return, including the income earned in the other state. Your home state calculates tax on all your income, but gives you a credit, or partial credit, for tax you paid to the other state.

When you worked in a state without an income tax (e.g. Washington), there will be no credit, since there was no WA tax. In other words, having worked in a state without an income tax does not get you out of paying state tax on that income, to your home state.

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LaShaunA3
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Worked in Washington but resident of California do I need to pay taxes in California

Yes. As a California resident, you are taxed by California on all your income, regardless of where you earned it. You will report your wages on a California resident state tax return. 

 

Since Washington doesn't have a state income tax on wages, you won't need to file a tax return for wages earned there. 

 

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Hal_Al
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Worked in Washington but resident of California do I need to pay taxes in California

The general rule is (and it applies, in your case): you report all your income on your resident state return, including the income earned in the other state. Your home state calculates tax on all your income, but gives you a credit, or partial credit, for tax you paid to the other state.

When you worked in a state without an income tax (e.g. Washington), there will be no credit, since there was no WA tax. In other words, having worked in a state without an income tax does not get you out of paying state tax on that income, to your home state.

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