Moron here. I did pay employment-related taxes. I don't owe income taxes, because I had no income there.
This blog post is about excessive paperwork, surprises, unnecessary income tax filings, and the franchise fee. And the fact that California is uniquely aggressive among states in pursuing this stuff against a startup.
These days anything anti-California and anti-liberal is guaranteed to be voted to the top over here regardless of quality of the content. It's crazy how things have changed over the last year or two.