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    annecharlotte19 Posts: 6, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 3, 2014, 08:06 AM
    California Taxes
    I am currently working under a F1 OPT visa. I noticed that one employer deducted state taxes last year as opposed to the other that deducted local taxes. What is the difference. Do I owe both and what form is used to calculate state/local taxes in CALIFORNIA?
    Thanks.
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    Feb 3, 2014, 09:37 AM
    You will have to pay BOTH.

    If you work in California, the state has the right to tax your income.

    If you work in a specific county or city that has an income tax, that county or city also has the right to tax what you earned in that county or city.
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    Feb 3, 2014, 10:01 AM
    Why would one employer only deduct state taxes and one only deduct local taxes - both are in the same city?
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    Feb 3, 2014, 10:22 AM
    Contact the employer who deducts only local taxes and ask WHY his did not deduct state taxes.

    I suspect you will find that the W-2 is in error, and he will need to cut a new one showing the local taxes as being in fact STATE taxes.
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