I am a resident of NYC all my income is earned in nyc. My wife is a resident of California and all her income is earned in California. We own a home in california which is where she lives and I rent an apartment in nyc. We want to file our federal taxes jointly and our state separately.
From what i understand nyc allows me to file my federal taxes jointly and state separately from my wife.
California, on the other hand, requires us to file jointly even though none of my income was earned in the state.
(i am not military) I earn more than my wife and if I am understanding this correctly.....she will have to report half of our total income to the state of california since it is a community income state. I dont understand how that is possible because that would mean I am paying taxes twice on some of my income earned. I thought that could not happen. Can someone walk me through how I can file correctly and what my next steps are?
