Thank you for the detailed instructions! However someone just told me this:
“California and Nevada are community property states. California treats half of your income as if your husband earned it instead of you. Similarly, half of your husband's income is treated as if you had earned it. So that means that if you file a joint federal return, you must also file a joint California return since you both had income in California. You would file Form 540NR, even though one of you is a resident.
Your entire salary is taxable in California since you earned it in California. Since your husband worked in Nevada, half his salary is taxable in California because you are treated as having earned half his salary and you are a California resident.”
I am so confused! Is any of this true and does it apply to me?
