@TurboTaxCaro Thanks for your help.  Just to clarify, let's use some hypothetical numbers. Wife works at Corp A with wages of $80,000 and tax withholding of $6,000.  Husband works at Corp B with wages of $100,000 and tax withholding of $8,000. On wife's 1040: Would it then be Corp A wages of $40,000 and Corp B wages of $50,000 (even though this is husband's employer)?  THEN, on line 7, it would show $90,000 (eventhough wife's employer really didn't report $90,000 but instead $80,000).  Tax withholding would be Corp A - $3,000 and Corp B - $4,000? On husband's 1040: Rinse repeat above On the 8958 form: Wife: Show actual withholding total of $14,000 then $7,000 allocated to each spouse OR $6,000 allocated to wife and $8,000 allocated to husband. Also, if we are already doing the split tango, we do not need to complete the community property income addition/subtraction adjustment in line 21, correct?  If we are already doing this split, there is no longer the need to adjust, correct?     Thanks again for the help! ... View more

@TurboTaxCaro Thank you for clarifying this confusing topic.   So, if we include half of my own and half of my spouse's income and tax withholding on the 1040, we should not enter any community property adjustments (additions or subtractions) under "other tax situations" because it would be counter intuitive from already including half of each income and tax withholding on the 1040, right? On the 8958 worksheet/form, our taxes withheld should reflect the half each spouse is reporting from the combined total, right? For example, my federal tax withheld is $6,000 and my husband's federal tax withheld is $8,000.  On the 8958 worksheet, it should have the total amount of $14,000 in column A, $7,000 allocated to myself on column B, $7,000 allocated to my spouse on column C. ... View more