California Taxpayers in a Registered Domestic Partnership may file a federal tax return using the filing status of Single, or if qualified, Head of Household, however for California filing purposes, these taxpayers may use Married filing jointly or Married filing separately.
To chose this filing status in the ProWeb program, from the main menu of the CA Return, select;
- Miscellaneous Forms
- California Schedule RDP (Registered Domestic Partner)
- Select Yes: Do you want to complete CA RDP Adjustment Worksheet? NOTE: By answering Yes, this will change the CA filing status to Married Filing Jointly!
- Enter the Domestic Partners personal information.
- Add the Domestic Partners Income
- Add the Domestic Partners Adjustments to income
- Enter the Domestic Partners Itemized deductions.
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