Thank you so much for your thorough answer. Another complicating factor is that majority of our household income comes from my self-employment (sole proprietor) as a therapist. It also has multistate implications - CA has jurisdiction over my income because it is largely CA sourced. Does that change the MD --> OR --> CA return order...? I thought one discussion I saw said something about inverting the usual order when it's between CA & OR. So complicated, thanks for helping me try to sort through this!
