Retirement tax questions

Does one of you live in a community property state?  Filing married filing separately gets tricky when even one of you is in a community property state.  What states are involved---and who lives where?   And....why do you want to file MFS instead of joint?

 

 

Community property states:  AZ, CA, ID, LA, NV, NM, TX, WA, WI

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