question about filing 1040 for multiple companies in multiple states
so i'm in Washington state now (resident status), but worked for a retail company in California for the month of January 2012, before relocating to a new job within the same company in Washington in February '12. I then found a new job, making it three jobs in 2 states, total. have only ever worked standard retail gigs, never had any issues with filing before, but I'm wondering what's going to be different this time and if anybody has any tips.
already assuming I need to file for both CA and WA but unsure
Posted Feb 8, 2013, 7:39 PM UTC
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I am an Oregon Licensed Tax Preparer, and get this question many many times.
Federal is not affected, and you can't deduct the moving expenses since you didn't keep the job a whole year.
WA does not have personal income tax, and thus you don't need to file for WA.
CA does however and you need to know how much money was earned in CA before you moved so you can pay tax on that. Once you lived in, and worked in, WA, you were done with state income tax.
Congratulations and welcome to the pacific northwest
thanks for your input!