Allocation Question on From 8379 (Community Property State)

[cwrose79]

Hello,

My wife owes debt on a student loan acquired prior to marriage.  I'm looking to file the injured spouse form, but wondering how much income and deductions I should allocate to her. 

With this being a community property state(50/50), would I just put half of everything I made and had deducted?  

Example - I made $100k and she made $0, when it asks me to allocate the total amount of income that should be claimed by my spouse, should I put $50k?

[DavidD66 · Accepted solution]

Yes, if you are in a community property state, you would allocate half of your income and half the deductions to each of you on Form 8379.