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I have lived with my now-wife in CA since 9/26/22. We were married on 12/16/22. What do we do for community income?? This is very new to me & I have no idea wtf to do...
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We have lived here since 9/26, but our incomes are very different. We are filing separately because she has some tax burden from a couple years ago to resolve, and doing so greatly minimizes amount due for both of us as a result.
If I understand community income correctly, half of all my withholdings belong to her and vice versa, but this seems absolutely ludicrous. I am looking for any help on how to do this to avoid trouble down the line. If you can provide an example I would really appreciate it. (it's fair to use simple number, e.g., pretend our income is something like 100k vs. 50k for simplicity)
Thanks!
We have lived here since 9/26, but our incomes are very different. We are filing separately because she has some tax burden from a couple years ago to resolve, and doing so greatly minimizes amount due for both of us as a result.
If I understand community income correctly, half of all my withholdings belong to her and vice versa, but this seems absolutely ludicrous. I am looking for any help on how to do this to avoid trouble down the line. If you can provide an example I would really appreciate it. (it's fair to use simple number, e.g., pretend our income is something like 100k vs. 50k for simplicity)
Thanks!
