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This makes a lot of sense considering I could never find any information whatsoever about tax collection in LA. I guess somebody else got those dollars in the local tax on the w-2, I could never figure it out. It was maybe $1200 too.

I tangled with the FTB a few years ago. I’ve never lived in California or spent more than a couple consecutive days in the state. My employer was based in LA and screwed up my tax status in the payroll system. I somehow had no state income tax withheld for the year(I blithely filed and paid in my home state), paid a bunch of LA city taxes, and ended up with the FTB coming after me for tens of thousands in unpaid taxes and penalties.

The thing that was really unbelievable was how threatening and aggressive they were. When I got someone on the phone they refused to admit that there could be any way that I, a non-resident who never set foot in the state that tax year, could claim that my income wasn’t subject to their tax regime. Nope, it’s all California source income. That’s what they claim. And they make their documentation as confusing as possible, dark patterns at their best.

Eventually I got it sorted out. Never could figure out how to get my money back from Los Angeles.