I am married filing separately and live in a community property state with my spouse.
Under the 1040 section of the W2, do I enter half of the combined wages between my spouse or only enter my own wages and report the community property adjustments in the 8958 form/community property worksheet?
If combine and divide method, do I combine every item from both w2s (boxes 1- boxes 17)? If I combine, do I still need to enter anything in the community property income adjustments?
I am tilting towards the enter our own w2 in our own separate tax return and then the form 8958 will show the adjustments.
For example my wage is $60,000 and husband is $80,000. I enter $60,000 in my own 1040 and then the community property income addition adjustment is $10,000 on the 8958 form.
His tax return will have $80,000 on his own 1040 and then the community property income subtraction adjustment is $10,000 on the 8958 form.
