This is from a couple of years ago, but I thought it postworthy.
Not unusual and similar to my own experience. Franchise Tax Board has long been known to be predatory. I would never move back to CA but they think they own me because I once did. Desperate measures those folks employ.
I wonder what would happen if all non-Cali residents, or at least the expats, filed CA tax returns, stating NIL on every line. Owe nothing, but completely bog down the system.
Our theftocrats in cali are hard at work. They never do a damn thing for anyone but themselves.
Sounds like the Philly parking ticket scheme on steroids.
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California has been doing this for decades. My husband was from California but had worked outside the state for several years when he was targeted by the Franchise Board back in the early 70s! Took forever to get it straightened out.
I lived in for part of the 80s and 90s. I remember reading an article back then about how California had set up a tax office in Las Vegas where their only job was to find retirees who had fled California, but had tax-deferred retirements (i.e., IRAs, pensions, 401k’s, etc.) that they were cashing in (and paying only federal tax on).
California wanted their tax money now...even though these people did not live in California anymore and lived in a state without an income tax. I believe the same thing happened to Californians that retired in Florida.
I’m not known for planning ahead, especially when it comes to retirement, but the fear of having California (the only state I know of that did this) chasing me around the country was enough for me to get out of there once and for all. And, like just about everyone else that fled, I have never regretted it.
Thanks Renfield. G’night all.
Here’s hoping this insanity stays in the land of fruits and nuts...though with dear leader in office, one has to worry.