Hello -- My wife and I were married this summer. We will be filing separately in a community property state. How do we calculate our income this year? Should we treat the entire year as community property since we were married status on December 31, should we prorate our incomes from the date of marriage, or take on the immense task of calculating our income (pay stubs, interest-bearing accounts) from before and after the date of our marriage to identify joint and separate money?
Any guidance, links, or referrals would be immensely appreciated -- thank you!
