I'm a resident alien and my spouse is a nonresident alien. We have a qualifying dependence and we live together. In the instrument of 1040, I'm qualified a head of household. (1040 instrument: You are married to a nonresident alien at any time during the year and the election to treat the alien spouse as a resident alien is not made. You are considered unmarried for this purpose). However, I'm not qualified a head of household in California (540 NR instrument: If you were married or an RDP as of the last day of the year, and you lived with your spouse/RDP at any time during the last six months of the year, you cannot qualify for the head of household filing status). How could I file Federal tax in status of head of household and file California tax in status of married separately using Turbotax.
You need to prepare two separate federal returns, one filing as head of household, and the other married-separate. Then, file the federal and state returns separately. You can use the desktop version of TurboTax to accomplish this, as you can file multiple returns for the same fee.