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RAG
Level 1
06-13-2022
06:11 PM
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For federal taxes, Lacerte has a way to file married filing separate, living together. I do not see that option for California. Does this mean that I have to manually set up 2 accounts for California, one for hte husband and one for the wife?
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Karl
Level 8
06-17-2022
01:09 AM
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I'm in CA.
Lacerte has a tool (Tools>Split Joint Return...) to split the MFJ return (that you won't file, but keep for reference) and create two separate MFS files for you. You have to do a small bit of clean up with info diagnostics and some review, but it does a pretty good job.
It splits both fed and CA. Make sure on Screen 3 that you are applying community property rules before you split it.
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RAG
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06-17-2022
11:51 AM
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Thanks
