Registered domestic partners may not file a federal return using a married filing separately or jointly filing status. Registered domestic partners are not married under state law. Therefore, these taxpayers are not married for federal tax purposes.
So, you have to file two Federal returns. California allows you to file Jointly. To do this so you would prepare a third, dummy joint Federal return to use to file the State return.
If you plan to file a joint state return we strongly recommend using TurboTax CD/Download software instead of TurboTax Online. It will allow you to prepare all three returns in the same software package.
For further information please see the TurboTax websites: How do I prepare my return if I'm in a registered domestic partnership (RDP) or civil union (CU)? and How do I prepare our RDP return if we live in California, Nevada, or Washington state?
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