We track a large number of bills that contain tax provisions, and some contain crucial changes like COD conformity, while others contain provisions that are on the more curious side. This week, we’re looking at a few of the more interesting bills that are on the table this legislative season.

This week, we’re covering the “California method” of taxing the California-source income of nonresidents, which is not a straightforward application of tax rate. It’s also something that taxpayers frequently (and unsuccessfully) argue against in tax appeals.

California taxes residents on income from all sources, but what exactly constitutes a resident? It’s not as cut and dried as you’d think!

The FTB sent out withholding mismatch notices to certain taxpayers, and we have some more information on how to deal with those notices and how FTB is handling the mismatch problem.

An update on the 10-day hold on client accounts in MyFTB, plus information for you regarding some changes to the MyFTB login process and an update to the FTB’s business revivor webpage.

In honor of Memorial Day, we’re covering the special rules that apply to income earned by military spouses (specifically, when their earned income is exempt from California tax). 

This week we have some information for you regarding a possible change to the way you access your clients in MyFTB – the FTB is proposing a delay in accessing newly added client information to help protect taxpayers from identity theft.

This week’s podcast covers using transfer on death deeds, and what the advantages and disadvantages are of using this method of transferring a deed.

This week's podcast covers how to deal with identity theft for California tax return filing purposes — specifically, what you should file with the FTB and how you file for subsequent tax years.

We have some updated information for you regarding the post-tax season issues that we talked about last week — specifically, extra information on taxpayers affected by the withholding mismatch and a potential identity theft issue.

Hello and welcome to the first episode of Spidell's California Minute — a podcast dedicated to providing you with California tax news snippets. We'll be bringing you tips and hot topics that will save you time, and save your clients tax, in an audio format that you can access at your office or on your phone.