@DavidD66 thank you so much! As I rent in CA and my W2 has the CA address of my rental I rather be safe and say I am domiciled in CA... Let's say I earned $100 and my wife earned $50
For CA, should I file jointly or separate? When I do jointly the system asks what W2 income was CA (I input $100) and then it does all the calculations (I have prior year loss carryovers that it uses against income - even though I am a new resident -, I add my HSA earnings, etc.)
The other route I could do is do the dummy separate federal and then file the separate CA. If that's the case, should I file alone or BOTH of us need to file separate?
How do I figure out what's more beneficial, if joint or separate?
