"Show me where the instructions include the word "community." "

Bob, I have no idea who that reply is directed at. It can't be me, because I am in MT and we don't do "community property." That word "community" used like that, doesn't even exist in MT Form 2 Individual Income Tax Instructions.

This is my favorite instruction:

"Payments made from accounts owned by both spouses that pertain to expenses not attributable specifically to one spouse can be allocated to either spouse in any proportional amount."