JotikaT2
Employee Tax Expert

State tax filing

It depends.

 

If you are filing your California return as Married Filing Joint, her income would be included in the California return.

 

Since she did not reside in California and assuming she did not have any income from California sources, you do meet the exception allowing you to file separately within California.

 

MFS for CA

 

Please see the link below for steps on how to prepare a separate return in TurboTax if you determine this applies to your particular situation.

 

Filing a joint return for federal but separate for state

 

 

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