Tax,
Corporate
Oct. 24, 2019
California’s FTB can collect 13.3% tax even from nonresidents
If you live in California, you probably know how aggressive California’s state tax agency can be. But even if you live somewhere else, you might have heard of the Golden State’s aggressive tax rules.





Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
California's Franchise Tax Board is the state income tax collector, and it has a fearsome reputation. Most tax lawyers will tell you that they would much rather fight the IRS than California's FTB any day of the week. Savvy taxpayers know this too. You can skate for much longer with IRS problems, and you can more easily defeat or compromise IRS bills. But can you truly be outside of California and still face Cali...
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