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Community property allocation for the first year

si29xnm — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:56:37 GMT

My partner and I are going to register as domestic partners In California later this year. We aren’t married to each other so we will file Federal tax return as singles and State tax as RDPs (same as married).

For Federal tax return, we need to split our community income since CA is a community property state. If we get married in December, does that mean we only split the income earned in December, and treat income from January to November as separate property?

Re: Community property allocation for the first year

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 22:21:03 GMT

See answer here.

Re: Community property allocation for the first year

AmyC — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 22:55:58 GMT

No. The federal filing status is based on Dec 31. The entire year of income is treated the same as it would be on Dec 31. You will need to allocate for the whole year since all of it is community property.