There were some questions in the state taxes that seemed to not pertain to me. Examples dealt with new employee forms, forms FTB 3554 and FTB 3540 that dealt with semiconductor manufacturing and electric airplanes. I have no idea what those were all about. I'm retired and when I was working, I had nothing to do with any of those occupations. I had to review all of my entries from the start and do them all over again to make sure I had not entered any misinformation.
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Good so far to do by myself. Just wish to have more experience with understanding the tax breaks and getting my max with a full understanding of taxes.