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Nonresident adjustment question: How to divide income for Military Spouse Non-resident and Spouse resident in Community Property state?

Hello, so Military member and Spouse are domiciled in California. Right now military member is PCS/living in a different state but spouse is still in California. This makes the military member a non-resident but the spouse a resident in CA. There is a question about nonresident adjustment. "Enter wages, salaries, and tips you earned in California while you were a nonresident. If none, enter zero. Do not include active duty military wages earned unless domiciled and stationed in that California."

The military member only has wages from military pay. The Spouse has a W2 in California. However the phrasing of the question of wages earned while a non-resident does not apply to the spouse who is a resident in California. Or does it? Do you enter the Spouse wages for this question or leave this field zero since it says to excluding military pay + all wages were earned while spouse was a california resident?