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February 5, 2020
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Double tax

  • February 5, 2020
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I moved to Arizona in April and I have been paying both Arizona and California state tax due to a employer mistake. I lived and worked in California before transferring jobs. I filed part year residents for both states but who do I file a tax credit with ? Arizona or California? Or how do I file to get my money back ?

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    MarilynG
    Level 15
    February 5, 2020

    If you lived and worked in both California and Arizona, and if your Employer allocated your income correctly between the two states on your W-2, ideally you would neither owe nor get a refund from either state (or not much of one). 

     

    Report only your Arizona income and Arizona tax on your Arizona Part-Year Return.  If the tax withheld was correct for the amount of income, you should about break even.

     

    Same scenario for California.

     

    Click the link for more info on How to Allocate Income for a Part Year Resident. 

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    Lvejar01Author
    Level 2
    February 5, 2020

    The problem is that I live and work in Arizona but I was still getting taxed by California.