Hello everyone. This is my first post so I hope I am on the correct section.

I live in Texas, community property state, and I need to fill out an injured spouse with my tax return. I understand everything should be 50/50, however, I have 3 questions I need to see if someone could help with.

1. I get a W2 and I am the only one that has a job. Do I automatically put 50 percent since I am in a community property state?

2. My spouse and I both get 1099's. Are 1099' 50 percent or does my spouse go to her and I put my 1099 for mybself?

3. Child tax credit, do we allocate 50 percent even though the child tax credit go towards my children from a previous marriage?

So for example....

Let's say I make $50,000 a year. Do I automatically say $25,000 for me and $25,000 for my spouse?

Let's say I had a 1099 for $2000. Do I split in half my 1099?

Let's say my spouse had a 1099 for $1500. Is that split $750 between us both?

We are taking the standard deduction so there are no real other items to split on.


Thanks for any advice possible.