I am an RDP in California, so needing to file as single for federal taxes but jointly in CA, which is a community property state. This is my first year in this situation and have a few questions.
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You do need to add your two incomes together and divide it by two to determine your share of community property income. You then subtract from that amount your income to determine your community property income adjustment. If your income is less than your share of community income, the adjustment would be positive and negative if your community property income is less than your income.
You may have taxes withheld from other sources than your W-2 forms, such as 1099 forms. That may explain why the taxes reported in TurboTax do not match your withholding reported on your W-2 forms. You should add the tax withheld together and divide by two to determine your community property tax withholding. You are required to adjust your tax withheld for community property purposes.
I'm not sure what problem you are having filing online. However, since you are required to file two separate returns, it may be less expensive even with the discount you mention to file using the desktop program, as you can file both returns for the price of one product for the most part.
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