CA tax question with treasuries ..

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CA tax question with treasuries ..

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Hi guys,

wondering on something..

say I had all income from treasuries, lets say 1 million.. if I went and produced any other income, does it get charged at top CA tax rate ( 13.3% ) even though treasuries got no CA tax?

I'm guessing yes, as AGI would say 1 mill right?
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Income from treasuries is not reported on your 540. So, no, you would be taxed not considering that income, but have a look at the CA AMT rules, anyway.
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I'm voting w/ Thesaints . CA return starts w/Fed AGI . It then makes adjustments on Sch CA where the treasury interest gets subtracted out leading to the CA AGI w/ only the other income to be taxed at the lower brackets.
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I think the OP may be thinking about foreign earned income exclusion and the high marginal rate assigned to the non excluded income.
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kaneohe wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:24 pm I'm voting w/ Thesaints . CA return starts w/Fed AGI . It then makes adjustments on Sch CA where the treasury interest gets subtracted out leading to the CA AGI w/ only the other income to be taxed at the lower brackets.
I must be glazing over something. Why are there Calif Tax Exempt bond funds if Treasury bond funds are completely tax exempt in California?
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TimeRunner wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:22 pm
kaneohe wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:24 pm I'm voting w/ Thesaints . CA return starts w/Fed AGI . It then makes adjustments on Sch CA where the treasury interest gets subtracted out leading to the CA AGI w/ only the other income to be taxed at the lower brackets.
I must be glazing over something. Why are there Calif Tax Exempt bond funds if Treasury bond funds are completely tax exempt in California?
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retiringwhen wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:38 pm
TimeRunner wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 7:22 pm
kaneohe wrote: Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:24 pm I'm voting w/ Thesaints . CA return starts w/Fed AGI . It then makes adjustments on Sch CA where the treasury interest gets subtracted out leading to the CA AGI w/ only the other income to be taxed at the lower brackets.
I must be glazing over something. Why are there Calif Tax Exempt bond funds if Treasury bond funds are completely tax exempt in California?
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j I was thinking US Treasuries were exempt from Federal Taxes. You're right, they aren't. :oops:
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Thank you guys. I’m asking as family is looking to move to CA. So I have no clue as I come from the wonderful land of no income tax ( WA )

I will check out CA AMT as I didn’t know about that either... not a big worry though as I was wondering where my other money gets taxed at and should for sure fall above AMT lines but I’ll have a look.

You guys stun me with the replies and quality here as always
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