abctax55
Level 15

Yep... for CA  the standard deduction is 5202.

$ 7000- 5202 = 1798 taxable income.  For $ 18 in tax.

And CA will probably try to collect at some stage.   They don't quite get the cost/reward scenario.

(edit... or what Lisa said.... a client interrupted me 🙂

 

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