California income taxes
11-20-2019, 06:55 AM
#61
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Tyranny of the majority in CA.
11-20-2019, 06:59 AM
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I loved California.
If I was earning north of 600K, I would still be there.
A lot of the complaints are absolutely correct. The homeless issue is becoming a public health crisis. THere's a a Getty designed house right along the edge of Venice and Santa Monica.
It's sublime.
It's only one of two in the world and it's essentially a hobo observation platform. Replete with graffiti on the walls.
Haters are going to hate, but it's still an amazing place to live. June gloom is actually fun to experience, we looked forward to it. For all of the issues they're confronting, it's still a nicer place to live than just about anywhere I can think of. I never missed Texas.
I miss California.
If I was earning north of 600K, I would still be there.
A lot of the complaints are absolutely correct. The homeless issue is becoming a public health crisis. THere's a a Getty designed house right along the edge of Venice and Santa Monica.
It's sublime.
It's only one of two in the world and it's essentially a hobo observation platform. Replete with graffiti on the walls.
Haters are going to hate, but it's still an amazing place to live. June gloom is actually fun to experience, we looked forward to it. For all of the issues they're confronting, it's still a nicer place to live than just about anywhere I can think of. I never missed Texas.
I miss California.
11-20-2019, 09:12 AM
#63
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“When you are in California for other than a temporary
or transitory purpose, you are a California resident. For instance, if your employer assigns you to an offce in California for a long or indefnite period, if you retire and come to California with no specifc plans to leave, or if you are ill and are in California for an indefnite recuperation period, your stay is other than temporary or transitory. As a resident, you are taxed on income from all sources.”
So if I’m on a layover in California and get hit by a bus which lands me an extended hospital stay, I’m now considered a resident and subject to state taxes? I grew up there in the 70’s and 80’s and truly do miss living there, but I seriously think the people running the place are certifiably bat**** crazy.
or transitory purpose, you are a California resident. For instance, if your employer assigns you to an offce in California for a long or indefnite period, if you retire and come to California with no specifc plans to leave, or if you are ill and are in California for an indefnite recuperation period, your stay is other than temporary or transitory. As a resident, you are taxed on income from all sources.”
So if I’m on a layover in California and get hit by a bus which lands me an extended hospital stay, I’m now considered a resident and subject to state taxes? I grew up there in the 70’s and 80’s and truly do miss living there, but I seriously think the people running the place are certifiably bat**** crazy.
11-20-2019, 09:16 AM
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what if I have a car at LAX to get back and forth from my crashpad but keep it registered in my home state?
11-20-2019, 09:24 AM
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11-20-2019, 09:55 AM
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Which the Malibu-or-bust people will simply tell you that that’s the U-haul companies charging whatever the market will bear and that people would RATHER pay an extra grand to move TO rather than FROM California.
But getting back to the thread topic California income taxes, until you have actually experienced the Franchise Tax Board, nothing will get you to believe how aggressive they are about deciding you owe them money, or how aggressive they are about coming after you with garnishment, liens against property, impoundment if assets, etc., all of which you must fight by returning to Californians (pay some lawyer) to plead your case before the Board of Equalization.
My personal experience has to do with a claim by them that I owed $2K excise tax on a vehicle I parked in California during a six month period when I was assigned there TDY en route from one state to another on military orders. While a citizen of another state and TDY enroute PCS to a third state, with registration and licenses from my home if record.
Three letters and two calls from the base JAG at my next base reading verbatim from the soldier’s and sailors relief act were insufficient to convince the lower level bureaucrats. Eventually the USAF Judge Advocate General’s Office had to get involved, but that was the level of intervention it took.
Currently Arizona is trying to sue California for harassing their citizens.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ar...case-of-48046/
Seriously, you don’t want to even allow these guys to know you exist. They are tenacious as cancer and about as humorless.
From their publication:
https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2018/18_1031.pdf
But getting back to the thread topic California income taxes, until you have actually experienced the Franchise Tax Board, nothing will get you to believe how aggressive they are about deciding you owe them money, or how aggressive they are about coming after you with garnishment, liens against property, impoundment if assets, etc., all of which you must fight by returning to Californians (pay some lawyer) to plead your case before the Board of Equalization.
My personal experience has to do with a claim by them that I owed $2K excise tax on a vehicle I parked in California during a six month period when I was assigned there TDY en route from one state to another on military orders. While a citizen of another state and TDY enroute PCS to a third state, with registration and licenses from my home if record.
Three letters and two calls from the base JAG at my next base reading verbatim from the soldier’s and sailors relief act were insufficient to convince the lower level bureaucrats. Eventually the USAF Judge Advocate General’s Office had to get involved, but that was the level of intervention it took.
Currently Arizona is trying to sue California for harassing their citizens.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ar...case-of-48046/
Seriously, you don’t want to even allow these guys to know you exist. They are tenacious as cancer and about as humorless.
From their publication:
https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2018/18_1031.pdf
11-20-2019, 10:14 AM
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CA would actually want you to register it but of course that would risk the tax mess. Doubt you'd get caught in the employee lot.
Typically the folks who get caught have the car parked in public in a residential area where the local enforcement (or nosy neighbors) see it month after month, year after year. You won't get pulled over and asked if you're a resident just for having out-of-state plates on the road, lots of visitors and mil in CA.
11-20-2019, 10:20 AM
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California income taxes
Isn’t China the second largest economy in the world? Maybe they are the model California is going after? Or maybe population size has something to do with it?
I’m born and raised in Los Angeles. The biggest things I don’t like about this place is the traffic and taxes (high cost of living).
Last edited by FXLAX; 11-20-2019 at 10:43 AM.
11-20-2019, 10:33 AM
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Maybe a double-edged sword... the reason the industry is so accommodating of JS access is so they don't HAVE to pay COLA for their high-rent domiciles.
The only reason the FAA and TSA put up with personal JS use is because the airline industry groups insist. They don't really bend to ALPA's will much as we like to kid ourselves.
The only reason the FAA and TSA put up with personal JS use is because the airline industry groups insist. They don't really bend to ALPA's will much as we like to kid ourselves.
Definitely a double fan edged sword because it would just perpetuate the problem. But not having COLA in pilot contracts is not the reason why the “industry” accommodates Jumpseating. And if you think that the pilots (ALPA specifically) don’t have any power when it comes to jumpseats, then you need to go read the history of offline Jumpseating pre and post 9/11.
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