Filing my California return using FreeTaxUSA and need a quick sanity check on my 1099-DIV entries.

    • Total Ordinary Dividends (Box 1a): $891.98
    • Fund Breakdown (from Supplemental Info):
      • SPAXX (Fidelity Govt Money Market): $17.54
      • SGOV (iShares 0-3 Month Treasury): $874.44

    My Logic for California:

    • Question: "Does your dividend income include U.S. Government interest income?"
    • Answer: Yes (because of SGOV).
    • Follow-up Question: "Enter the amount of your $892 of ordinary dividends that are from U.S. Government interest:"
    • My Entry: $831.94 (Calculated as 95.14% of the $874.44 from SGOV).

    The Reason: I am treating SPAXX as $0 for the state exemption because it usually fails California’s "50% Asset Test" (due to Repurchase Agreements). Since SGOV holds almost 100% Treasuries, it easily passes the test and allows the state tax exemption to "pass through."

    The Question: Is it correct to only claim the SGOV portion for the California state exemption while treating the SPAXX portion as 100% state-taxable?

    Thanks for the help

    1099-DIV (SGOV/SPAXX) Exemption Question – FreeTaxUSA
    byu/Sethi_Saab intax



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