Address on W2 reflects new California address but employment and residence was in Arizona

[gusboy]

My wife stayed and worked in AZ as a nurse from late 2023 to February 2024. Her employer was a California based company.  We relocated to California where she started working for a new employer in May 2024.  The 2024 W2 from her previous company shows her current California address not her old Arizona address. So both employer and employee address reflects California but block 15 has Arizona. Turbotax automatically adds this income to the California income. Can I file separate state tax for Arizona when  W2 has California address. 

[MaryK4]

Yes the address on the forms is the current MAILING ADDRESS that the company has on file for employees.  Many times employees move and do not update their mailing address with their former employer so if they do not have their mail forwarded, they do not receive their W2s.  You are RQEUIRED to file state income tax to any states you earned income in, regardless of where the forms are mailed to.