You don't enter your Spouse's W-2 in your return; they enter it in theirs. You just need to enter half of their total income in your return (and vice versa); hence all the rules for allocating.
Basically, you should each prepare your MFS returns and take the data you need from each other's returns.
Here's more detailed info on MFS in Community Property States.
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