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
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Timely post for you:
https://thecrunch.co/newsletter/treasury-tax-reporting/