TomD8
Level 15

State tax filing

You do not meet the exception @JotikaT2 referenced.  Read the Community Property States paragraph in that reference.  CA is a community property state.

Since you resided all year in CA, your income is Community Property income per California law - resulting in your wife having CA-source income.  This means that you cannot file separately in CA unless you file separately on your federal return.

 

Note that CA uses a pro-rated method to determine a CA non-resident's CA tax.  See Tax Computation Method in this reference:

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/misc/1100.html

 

 

 

 

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.