Working in two states

[PipiR]

I am a resident of California.  In 2024,  I worked three months in California for one company, then the rest of 2024 I worked 8 months in Texas for another company. I expect I will be getting a W2 from each of those states. I know I will need to make two W2 entries in my federal 1040 tax return.  I already started populating the 2024 California return, but I need to know if Turbo Tax will allow me to populate the Texas information for that state within the federal and Ca returns?

[BrittanyS · Accepted solution]

Yes, TurboTax will calculate the tax for multistate returns.  Since Texas is a no income state, you will not have to file a Texas Income Tax Return. However, you will need to enter both W-2 on your federal return and TurboTax will help you calculate the tax due to California.

Since you were a California resident, the total income earned will be taxed by California.  

For more information on multistate returns, see the links below:

• Multistate returns
• California part-year and non resident returns
• Guidelines for residence status