If you are married, you only have married filing joint and married filing separately. Since you are still married, it is still community property.
Married/RDP filing separately | FTB.ca.gov
California is a community property state. When filing a separate return, each spouse/RDP reports the following: One-half of the community income ...
The advantage to the desktop is that you can see the forms and data source to see how the numbers come together on the forms. If you are both filing with us, the desktop is cheaper than 2 individual returns.
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