I live in California, can I file joint return with spouse if she moved to CA in middle of year? Spouse has worked in two states (Virginia and CA) for the taxable year

Webm — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:54:03 GMT

You can file a Joint Return for California, but your wife...

MarilynG — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 00:54:05 GMT

You can file a Joint Return for California, but your wife also needs to file a Part-Year Resident return separately for Virginia.

Prepare this return for her first, then your California Resident return. California will ask about wages earned/taxes paid to another state, and give you credit for tax paid to Virginia, but may need a copy of Virginia W-2 or Virginia tax return as documentation.

Here's more info from the California FTB:

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/individuals/Filing-status-information.shtml

topic I live in California, can I file joint return with spouse if she moved to CA in middle of year? Spouse has worked in two states (Virginia and CA) for the taxable year in State tax filing

I live in California, can I file joint return with spouse if she moved to CA in middle of year? Spouse has worked in two states (Virginia and CA) for the taxable year

You can file a Joint Return for California, but your wife...