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Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners
2023 FTB Publication 737 Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners

FTB Publication 737 2023 Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners Contents Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Do I Have to File a California Income Tax Return? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Filing Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Married/RDP Filing Separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 California RDP Adjustments Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Instructions for CA RDP Adjustments Worksheet – Recalculated Federal Adjusted Gross Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 How to Get California Tax Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 General Phone Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Franchise Tax Board Privacy Notice on Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Go to ftb.ca.gov for: • MyFTB – view payments, ONLINE SERVICES balance due, and withholding information. • Web Pay – pay income taxes. Choose your payment date up to one year in advance. • CalFile – e-file your personal income tax return. Page 2  FTB Pub. 737  2023 • Refund Status – find out when we authorized your refund. • Installment Agreement – request to make monthly payments. • Subscription Services – sign up to receive emails on a variety of tax topics. • Tax forms and publications. • FTB legal notices, rulings, and regulations. • FTB’s analysis of pending legislation. • Internal procedure manuals to learn how we administer law. Purpose This publication is primarily to assist registered domestic partners (RDPs), as defined in California Family Code Sections 297 et seq., in filing their California income tax returns, if they have RDP adjustments. Introduction For purposes of California income tax, references to a spouse, husband, or wife also refer to a California RDP, unless otherwise specified. When we use the initials RDP, they refer to both a California registered domestic “partner” and a California registered domestic “partnership,” as applicable. In general, California affords the same rights and responsibilities to RDPs that previously were available only to married individuals. For California tax purposes, the same long-standing rules applicable to married individuals (relating to filing status, community property income, etc.) now apply to RDPs. However, because the federal government does not recognize domestic partners as married individuals for federal tax purposes, RDPs shall continue to file as unmarried individuals on their federal tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a May 5, 2010, Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) memorandum stated that California RDPs shall report one-half of their community income on his or her federal income tax return, unless the RDPs previously executed an agreement opting out of community property treatment. For more information, get federal Pub. 555, Community Property. The CCA only addresses the treatment of community income of RDPs; it does not change the RDP’s federal filing status. For federal purposes, an RDP shall continue to use the single or head of household filing status. RDP adjustments may be required on the California tax return because the filing status of an RDP for California purposes is not the same as the filing status that the RDP uses for federal purposes. Under California law, RDPs must file their California income tax returns using either the married/RDP filing jointly or married/RDP filing separately filing status. RDPs are not allowed to use a married filing status on their federal tax returns. Frequently, the dollar limits for a single taxpayer and a married couple are the same and the dollar limit for a married person filing separately is one-half the amount for a single person or a married couple. To apply the correct dollar limits on the California tax return, an RDP might be required to reduce the amount of a deduction reflected on a federal tax return. Another category of adjustment occurs when the substantive rule for a transaction is different for a married person. For example, no gain or loss is recognized when spouses transfer property among themselves. Since an RDP is treated as a spouse for California purposes, no gain or loss is recognized for California purposes when one RDP transfers property to his or her domestic partner. However, this transfer is not likely to get the same treatment for federal purposes and gain or loss might be recognized for federal purposes. RDP adjustments include, but are not limited to the following: • Division of community property • Capital losses • Transactions between RDPs • Sale of residence • Dependent care assistance • Investment interest • Qualified residence acquisition loan & equity loan interest • Expense depreciation property limitations • Individual Retirement Account • Education loan interest • Rental real estate passive loss • Rollover of publicly traded securities gains into specialized small business investment companies There are three possible methods to file if you are an RDP. If you do not have any RDP adjustments: 1. Combine the amount on federal Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, line 11 from each individual federal Form 1040 filed with the IRS and transfer the combined amount to Form 540, California Resident Income Tax Return, or Form 540NR, California Nonresident or Part-Year Resident Income Tax Return, line 13. Note: RDPs who split their community income on their federal tax return and have no RDP adjustments may use this method. If you have RDP adjustments, you will need to recalculate your federal adjusted gross income (AGI), before completing your California income tax return. You may use either one of the following methods: 2. Complete the California RDP Adjustments Worksheet – Recalculated Federal Adjusted Gross Income (included in this publication). 3. Complete a pro forma federal Form 1040 using the same filing status used on your California tax return. A pro forma federal Form 1040 is a federal tax return completed in the same manner that a married couple would report income and expenses. The pro forma federal Form 1040 is used only to assist you in completing your California tax return. DO NOT file the pro forma federal Form 1040 with the IRS. To complete the pro forma federal Form 1040 or the worksheet, follow the federal Form 1040 instructions along with the instructions provided in this publication. FTB Pub. 737  2023  Page 3 Do I Have to File a California Income Tax Return? Filing Requirements for RDP Residents, Nonresidents, and Part-Year Residents Residents – File a California tax return if either your gross income (which consists of all income you received from all sources in the form of money, goods, property, and services, that is not exempt from tax) or your adjusted gross income (AGI) (which consists of your federal AGI from all sources, reduced or increased by all California income adjustments) is more than the amounts shown on the chart below for your filing status, age, and number of dependents. Nonresidents and Part-Year Residents – File a California tax return if you have any income from California sources and your gross income (which consists of all income you received from all sources in the form of money, goods, property, and services, that is not exempt from tax) or AGI (which consists of your federal AGI from all sources, reduced or increased by all California income adjustments) is more than the amounts shown on the chart below for your filing status, age, and number of dependents. Note: If your gross income or adjusted gross income is less than the amounts listed on the chart, you may still have a filing requirement. For more information, get California Form 540 Personal Income Tax Booklet or California Form 540NR Nonresident or Part-Year Resident Booklet. On 12/31/23, my filing status was: and on 12/31/23, my age was: (If your 65th birthday is on January 1, 2024, you are considered to be age 65 on December 31, 2023) California Gross Income Dependents 0 1 2 or more California Adjusted Gross Income Dependents 2 0 1 or more Head of household Under 65 65 or older 21,561 28,761 36,428 39,911 47,578 48,831 17,249 24,449 32,116 35,599 43,266 44,519 Married/RDP filing jointly Married/RDP filing separately Under 65 (both spouses/RDPs) 65 or older (one spouse/RDP) 65 or older (both spouses/RDPs) 43,127 50,327 57,527 57,994 61,477 68,677 69,144 70,397 77,597 34,503 41,703 48,903 49,370 52,853 60,053 60,520 61,773 68,973 Qualifying surviving spouse/RDP Under 65 65 or older 36,428 39,911 47,578 48,831 Dependent of another person – Any filing status Any age (Get FTB Pub.1540, Tax Information for Head of Household Filing Status) (Combine the income of both spouses/ RDPs; both spouses/RDPs may be required to file a tax return even if only one spouse/ RDP had income over the amounts listed.) 32,116 43,266 35,599 44,519 More than your standard deduction (Use the California Standard Deduction Worksheet for Dependents in the 540 or 540NR booklets to figure your standard deduction.) Filing Status Note: If you are filing as an RDP, be sure to check the box next to the question in the Filing Status section of the tax return that asks “If your California filing status is different from your federal status, check the box here.” Use the following guidelines in determining the proper filing status for your California tax return. Married/RDP Filing Jointly If any of the following is true, you may be able to file as Married/RDP Filing Jointly: • You were an RDP as of December 31, 2023, even if you did not live with your RDP at the end of 2023. • Your RDP died in 2023 and you did not re-register as an RDP or marry in 2023. • Your RDP died in 2024 before you filed a 2023 tax return. RDPs may file a joint return even if only one had income or if they did not live together all year. Married/RDP Filing Separately • Community property rules apply to the division of income if you use the married/RDP filing separately status. For more information, get FTB Pub. 1031, Guidelines for Determining Resident Status, or FTB Pub. 1032, Tax Information for Military Personnel. • You cannot claim a personal exemption credit for your RDP even if your RDP had no income, is not filing a tax return, and is not claimed as a dependent on another person’s tax return. • You may be able to file as head of household if your child lived with you and you lived apart from your RDP during the entire last six months of 2023. Head of Household For specific requirements to qualify for head of household filing status, get FTB Pub. 1540, Tax Information for Head of Household Filing Status. In general, head of household is for individuals who are unmarried and not in a registered domestic partnership and for certain married/RDP individuals living apart (considered unmarried or considered not in a registered domestic partnership) who provide a home for certain relatives. For more information, go to ftb.ca.gov and search for hoh. Qualifying Surviving Spouse/RDP RDPs qualify for this filing status if all five of the following apply: • Your RDP died in 2021 or 2022 and you did not marry or enter into another registered domestic partnership in 2023. • You have a child, stepchild, adopted child, or foster child whom you claim as a dependent. • This child lived in your home for all of 2023. Temporary absences, such as for vacation or school, count as time lived in the home. • You paid over half the cost of keeping up your home for this child. • You could have filed a joint return with your RDP the year he or she died, even if you actually did not do so. Page 4  FTB Pub. 737  2023 General Information In general, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, California law conforms to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) as of January 1, 2015. However, there are continuing differences between California and federal law. When California conforms to federal tax law changes, we do not always adopt all of the changes made at the federal level. For more information, go to ftb.ca.gov and search for conformity. Additional information can be found in FTB Pub. 1001, Supplemental Guidelines to California Adjustments, the instructions for California Schedule CA (540), California Adjustments – Residents, or Schedule CA (540NR), California Adjustments – Nonresidents or Part-Year Residents, and the Business Entity tax booklets. The instructions provided with California tax forms are a summary of California tax law and are only intended to aid taxpayers in preparing their state income tax returns. We include information that is most useful to the greatest number of taxpayers in the limited space available. It is not possible to include all requirements of the California Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC) in the instructions. Taxpayers should not consider the instructions as authoritative law. Filing Requirements – Under California law, RDPs file their California income tax returns using either the married/RDP filing jointly or married/RDP filing separately filing status. RDPs have the same legal benefits, protections, and responsibilities as married couples. Substantially Equivalent – If you entered into a same‑sex legal union in another state, other than a marriage, and that union has been determined to be substantially equivalent to a California registered domestic partnership, you are required to file a California income tax return using either the married/RDP filing jointly or married/RDP filing separately filing status. Registered Domestic Partnership Requirements A domestic partnership is established in California when both persons file a Declaration of Domestic Partnership with the California Secretary of State and meet the eligibility criteria under Title II of the Social Security Act as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 402(a) for old-age insurance benefits or Title XVI of the Social Security Act as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 1381 for aged individuals. • Both persons have a common residence. • Neither person is married to someone else or is a member of another domestic partnership with someone else that has not been terminated, dissolved, or adjudged a nullity. • The two persons are not related by blood in a way that would prevent them from being married to each other in California. • Both persons are at least 18 years of age. • Both persons are capable of consenting to the domestic partnership. The definition of “common residence” means that both domestic partners share the same residence. It is not necessary that the legal right to possess the common residence be in both of their names. Two people have a common residence even if one or both have additional residences. Domestic partners do not cease to have a common residence if one leaves the common residence but intends to return. For additional domestic partner registration information, go to the California Secretary of State website at sos.ca.gov and search for domestic partners registry, also view legislative history, or call 916.653.3984. For more detailed information, go to ftb.ca.gov and search for rdp. Married/RDP Filing Separately Division of Income – The domicile of the RDP earning the income determines the division of income between the RDPs when separate returns are filed. Each RDP shall follow the laws of his or her state of domicile to determine if the income is separate or community property. California is a community property state. If the state of domicile is a community property state, when filing separate returns, each RDP reports half of the community property plus all separate income on his or her return. For California purposes, use federal Form 8958, Allocation of Tax Amounts Between Certain Individuals in Community Property States, to assist in the division of income. If required to revise your federal AGI, have the following information available: • Federal income tax return and supporting schedules for each RDP. • Copy of federal Form 1040 instructions including worksheets, as needed. • If filing separately, a copy of federal Form 8958. FTB Pub. 737  2023  Page 5 California Community/Separate Property Community property is the total of the following property acquired and earnings received: • By an RDP during a registered domestic partnership while domiciled in a community property state. • By an RDP that is not separate property. Each RDP owns one-half of all community property. Separate property is: • All property owned separately by an RDP before entering into a registered domestic partnership. • All property acquired separately after entering into a registered domestic partnership, such as gifts, inheritances, and property purchased with separate funds. • Money earned while domiciled in a separate property state. • All property declared separate property in a valid agreement entered into before or after registration of the domestic partnership. Community income is all income from community property, wages, salaries, and other compensation for personal services of either RDP while in a registered domestic partnership. Community income is divided equally between RDPs. Under California law, community status ends in any of the following situations: • Upon the death of either RDP. • When the decree of dissolution or termination of registered domestic partnership becomes final. • When RDPs separate with no immediate intention of reconciliation. Income from separate property is income of the RDP who owns the property. When filing separate returns, the domicile of the RDP who earns the income determines the division of income between the RDPs. For income tax purposes, the income of RDPs domiciled in a community property state may be community income or separate income. When RDPs file separate returns, each RDP reports the following: • One-half of the community income. • All of his or her separate income. For more information on community property, get federal Pub. 555. RDPs will use the rules in federal Pub. 555 for married people for California income tax purposes. The note in the “Introduction” section of the federal Pub. 555 regarding California RDPs applies only to the filing of your federal return. Page 6  FTB Pub. 737  2023 Pension Plans For qualified pension plans, an RDP will not be treated as the spouse where such treatment would result in the disqualification for federal income tax purposes of a pension plan. Anti-alienation provisions, applicable to qualified pension plans, prohibit assignment or transfer of plan assets except through a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) or by certain survivor benefits. A QDRO is generally a court-ordered division of a qualified pension plan between spouses in relation to a divorce, a property division, or provision for child support. Because federal law does not recognize an RDP as a spouse, a plan will not be disqualified for California income tax purposes if a QDRO between RDPs is not recognized or if survivor benefits are not available to RDPs. IRAs/Roth IRAs/Tax-Favored Accounts An RDP will not be treated as a spouse where such treatment would result in a tax-favored account, such as an Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Account, Individual Retirement Account (IRA), Roth IRA, Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA), Archer Medical Savings Account (MSA), or IRC Section 529 plan (Qualified Tuition Program), no longer being qualified as a tax-favored account for federal purposes. For example, under federal law, the beneficiary of a Coverdell ESA may transfer the remaining balance in an ESA to a new beneficiary. This new beneficiary shall be “a member of the family,” which is defined broadly to include the following relatives of the original beneficiary: spouse, child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, stepfather, stepmother, etc. Because federal law does not recognize an RDP as a spouse, the transfer of the balance in an ESA to a taxpayer’s RDP or an RDP’s child would result in the Coverdell ESA no longer being treated as a qualified tax-favored account for federal income tax purposes. Instead, the change in beneficiary would be considered a non-qualified distribution from the tax-favored account subject to additional tax of 10% for federal tax purposes and 2.5% for California tax purposes. Therefore, for California purposes, an RDP would not be treated as a spouse for purposes of changing the beneficiary of a Coverdell ESA. In the event of a distribution from an IRA, Roth IRA, or other tax-favored account, because federal law does not recognize RDPs, a taxpayer whose RDP or RDP’s child receives distributions from the taxpayer’s IRA, Roth IRA, or other tax-favored account, may incur additional tax penalties for federal income tax purposes, but not for California income tax purposes. For example, in an IRA, if you take an early distribution from your IRA to pay the higher education expenses of your RDP or the child of your RDP, for federal purposes you would probably owe an additional tax of 10%, but for California purposes you would not owe the additional tax of 2.5%. However, for both federal and California tax purposes, you would need to include in your taxable income the early distribution from your IRA, unless you have a basis in the IRA that may be recovered tax-free. For California income tax purposes, if you and/or your RDP is covered by an employer-provided retirement plan, then your California deduction for an IRA contribution may be limited. See the example for line 20 in the instructions for California RDP Adjustments Worksheet (included in this publication). The amount of a nondeductible IRA contribution creates a California‑only IRA basis that is recoverable from IRA distributions that would otherwise be taxable for California income tax purposes. Keep track of your California basis in your IRA. For general information about recovery of a California‑only basis, get FTB Pub. 1005, Pension and Annuity Guidelines. For California income tax purposes, if you or your RDP contributed to a Roth IRA in 2023, you need to review the income phase out limitations. The allowable Roth IRA contribution may be reduced based on your and your RDP’s combined federal modified AGI. 2023 Filing Status Federal Modified AGI Married/RDP Filing Jointly or Qualifying Surviving Spouse/RDP at least $218,000 but less than $228,000 Single, Head of Household, or Married/RDP filing separately and you did not live with your spouse/RDP for all of 2023 at least $138,000 but less than $153,000 Married/RDP Filing Separately and you lived with your spouse/RDP at any time in 2023 more than zero but less than $10,000 Related Parties In applying the IRC for California purposes: • The definition of related parties includes RDPs. (IRC Section 267) • The definition of spouse includes RDPs. Therefore, no gain or loss will be allowed for any transfer of property between RDPs. (IRC Section 1041) • An RDP will be treated as a spouse for purposes of determining ownership of stock. However, if the treatment of an RDP as a spouse will lead to the disqualification of the taxpayer’s choice of business entity, then the RDP will not be treated as a spouse for California purposes. (IRC Section 318) Example: Chris, Taxpayer One, and Pat, Taxpayer Two, are RDPs. Chris made a contribution to his Roth IRA of $5,000. Chris’s federal modified AGI is $90,000. Pat made a contribution to his Roth IRA of $5,000. Pat’s federal modified AGI is $150,000. Chris and Pat’s combined federal modified AGI exceeds the $228,000 limitation for an allowable Roth IRA contribution. Because their combined federal modified AGI exceeds the limitation, for California purposes the Roth IRA contributions of Chris and Pat are treated as “excess contributions.” However, California does not impose the 6% excise tax that is imposed under federal law on excess contributions to Roth IRAs. If Chris or Pat receives a “qualified distribution” from a Roth IRA, the “qualified distribution” is tax-free and is not includible in their California taxable income. This tax‑free treatment applies even if the “qualified distribution” includes earnings attributable to a previous “excess contribution” for California purposes. FTB Pub. 737  2023  Page 7 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Visit our website: ftb.ca.gov Page 8  FTB Pub. 737   2023 TAXABLE YEAR 2023 California RDP Adjustments Worksheet — Recalculated Federal Adjusted Gross Income Name(s) as shown on return Part I  Income Adjustment Worksheet Section A – Income from federal Form 1040 (See instructions.)  1 a Total amount from federal Form(s) W-2, box 1 . . . . . . .   1a b Household employee wages not reported on federal Form(s) W-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1b c Tip income not reported on line 1a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1c d Medicaid waiver payments not reported on federal Form(s) W-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1d e Taxable dependent care benefits from federal Form 2441, line 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1e f Employer-provided adoption benefits from federal Form 8839, line 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1f g Wages from federal Form 8919, line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1g h Other earned income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1h i Nontaxable combat pay election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1i z Add line 1a through line 1h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1z  2 Taxable interest. a TP1___________________ a TP2_________________ . . . . . . .   2b  3 Ordinary dividends. a TP1___________________ a TP2_________________ . . . . . . .   3b  4 IRA distributions. a TP1___________________ a TP2_________________ . . . . . . .   4b  5 Pensions and annuities. a TP1___________________ a TP2_________________ . . . . . . .   5b  6 Social security benefits. a TP1___________________ a TP2_________________ . . . . . . .   6b  7 Capital gain or (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7 SSN or ITIN Taxpayer One Section B – A  dditional Income from federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) (See instructions.)  1 Taxable refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1  2 a Alimony received. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2a  3 Business income or (loss). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3  4 Other gains or (losses). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4  5 Rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, trusts, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5  6 Farm income or (loss). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    6  7 Unemployment compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7  8 Other income:  a Federal net operating loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8a ( )( b Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8b c Cancellation of debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8c d Foreign earned income exclusion from federal Form 2555 .   8d ( )( e Income from federal Form 8853 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8e f Income from federal Form 8889 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8f g Alaska Permanent Fund dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8g h Jury duty pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8h i Prizes and awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8i j Activity not engaged in for profit income . . . . . . . . . . . .   8j k Stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8k l Income from the rental of personal property if you engaged in the rental for profit but were not in the business of renting such property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8l m Olympic and Paralympic medals and USOC prize money .   8m n IRC Section 951(a) inclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8n o IRC Section 951A(a) inclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8o p IRC Section 461(l) excess business loss adjustment . . .   8p For Privacy Notice, get FTB 1131 EN-SP. Taxpayer Two amounts from Ayour(taxable B (taxable amounts from C original federal return) your original federal return) 8111233 Adjustments Adjusted Federal Amounts (using the same rules applicable to spouses) D ) ( ) ) ( ) CA RDP Adj. Worksheet  2023  Side 1 Taxpayer One Taxpayer Two Section B – A  dditional Income from federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) A (taxable amounts from B (taxable amounts from your original federal return) your original federal return) (continued) q Taxable distributions from an ABLE account . . . . . . . . . .  8q r Scholarship and fellowship grants not reported on federal Form(s) W-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8r s Nontaxable amount of Medicaid waiver payments included on federal Form 1040, line 1a or line 1d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8s ( )( ) t Pension or annuity from a nonqualified deferred compensation plan or a nongovernmental IRC Section 457 plan . . . . . .   8t u Wages earned while incarcerated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8u z Other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8z  9 a Total other income. Add line 8a through line 8z . . . . . . .   9a 10 Total. Combine Section A, line 1z through line 7, and Section B, line 1 through line 7, and line 9a in column D.  10 Section C – A  djustments to Income from federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) (See instructions.) 11 Educator expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   11 12 Certain business expenses of reservists, performing artists, and fee-basis government officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   12 13 Health savings account deduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   13 14 Moving expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   14 15 Deductible part of self-employment tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   15 16 Self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and qualified plans . . . . . . . . .   16 17 Self-employed health insurance deduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . .   17 18 Penalty on early withdrawal of savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   18 19 a  Alimony paid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   19a 20 IRA deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   20 21 Student loan interest deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   21 22 Reserved for future use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   22 23 Archer MSA deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   23 24 Other adjustments:  a  Jury duty pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   24a b Deductible expenses related to income reported on line 8l from the rental of personal property engaged in for profit . .   24b c Nontaxable amount of the value of Olympic and Paralympic medals and USOC prize money reported on line 8m . . . . .   24c d Reforestation amortization and expenses . . . . . . . . . . .   24d e Repayment of supplemental unemployment benefits under the federal Trade Act of 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   24e f  Contributions to IRC Section 501(c)(18)(D) pension plans. .   24f g Contributions by certain chaplains to IRC Section 403(b) plans.   24g h Attorney fees and court costs for actions involving certain unlawful discrimination claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   24h i  Attorney fees and court costs you paid in connection with an award from the IRS for information you provided that helped the IRS detect tax law violations . . . . . . . . .   24i j Housing deduction from federal Form 2555 . . . . . . . . .   24j k Excess deductions of IRC Section 67(e) expenses from federal Schedule K-1 (Form 1041) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   24k z  Other adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   24z 25 Total other adjustments. Add line 24a through line 24z . . . .   25 26 Add line 11 through line 23 and line 25 in column D . . . . . .   26 27 Total. Subtract line 26 from line 10 in column D. Enter the amount here and on Form 540 or 540NR, line 13 . . . . .   27 C Adjustments Adjusted Federal Amounts (using the same rules applicable to spouses) D ( Part II  Adjustments to Federal Itemized Deductions Federal itemized deductions. Complete a federal Schedule A (Form 1040), Itemized Deductions, for each taxpayer. Combine the line items for both taxpayers to arrive at the amounts for Column A of Schedule CA (540), Part II or Schedule CA (540NR), Part III. Side 2  CA RDP Adj. Worksheet  2023 8112233 ) Instructions for California RDP Adjustments Worksheet – Recalculated Federal Adjusted Gross Income References to these instructions are to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Registered domestic partners (RDP) may use the California RDP Adjustments Worksheet or a pro forma federal Form 1040 to make RDP adjustments to calculate federal AGI for California tax purposes. To complete this worksheet, have the following information available: • Federal income tax return and supporting schedules for each RDP. • Copy of federal Form 1040 Instructions including worksheets, as needed. • If filing separately, a copy of federal Pub. 555. Note: Attach a copy of either the California RDP Adjustments Worksheet or federal pro forma Form 1040, if used to complete your Form 540. RDPs who file a California tax return and have no RDP adjustments between federal and California do not need to complete this worksheet. If you do not have any RDP adjustments, combine the amount on line 11 from each individual RDP’s federal Form 1040 filed with the IRS and transfer the combined amount to Form 540 or Form 540NR, line 13. RDP adjustments include but are not limited to the following: • Division of community property, if not reported as community property on your federal tax return • Capital losses • Transactions between RDPs • Sale of residence • Dependent care assistance • Investment interest • Qualified residence acquisition loan & equity loan interest • Expense depreciation property limitations • Individual Retirement Account • Education loan interest • Rental real estate passive loss • Rollover of publicly traded securities gain into specialized small business investment companies RDPs filing as married/RDP filing jointly or married/RDP filing separately, and former RDPs filing single, with RDP adjustments will complete a pro forma federal Form 1040 using the same filing status as their California tax return or use this worksheet and instructions. RDP adjustments occur when, for California purposes, you recalculate your federal tax return from a filing status of single or head of household to married/RDP filing jointly or married/RDP filing separately. RDP changes result in an increase or decrease to income or deductions. To complete this worksheet: • Add column A and column B • Add or subtract column C • Enter the amount on column D (column A + column B) ± column C = column D Example: Chris, Taxpayer One, and Pat, Taxpayer Two, each has a capital loss on their separate federal tax returns, as shown below. Capital losses are limited to $3,000. When they recalculate their federal tax return as if married, they will make a $2,000 filing status adjustment in Part I, Section A, line 7, column C, of this worksheet. (A $3,000 loss plus a $2,000 loss equals a $5,000 loss; since they are limited to a $3,000 loss, the adjustment will be $2,000.) Part I  Income Adjustments Worksheet Section A – Income 7  Capital gain or (loss) A B C D Taxpayer One Taxpayer Two Adjustments Adjusted Federal Amounts ($3,000) ($2,000) $2,000 ($3,000) If Chris and Pat are filing separately, they are each limited to a $1,500 loss. Therefore, Chris will make a $1,500 filing status adjustment and Pat will make a $500 filing status adjustment on their separately filed tax returns. Because Chris and Pat are filing separately, each one is considered Taxpayer One as shown below. Part I  Income Adjustments Worksheet Section A – Income 7  Capital gain or (loss) A Taxpayer One B Taxpayer Two ($3,000) A Taxpayer One ($2,000) B Taxpayer Two C D Adjustments Adjusted Federal Amounts $1,500 ($1,500) C D Adjustments Adjusted Federal Amounts $500 ($1,500) Transfer Between Registered Domestic Partners California conforms to IRC Section 1041, which provides that no gain or loss is recognized on transfers of property between spouses. For federal tax purposes, because federal law does not recognize RDPs, transfers between RDPs are not treated as transfers between spouses. However, beginning January 1, 2007, for California tax purposes, because California treats RDPs the same as spouses, no gain or loss is recognized on transfers of property between RDPs. This also applies to transfers between former RDPs if the transfer is related to termination of the registered domestic partnership. For more information on transfers to a spouse, see Property Settlements in federal Pub. 504, Divorced or Separated Individuals. CA RDP Adjustments Worksheet Instructions  2023  Page 11 Instructions for Column A, Column B, and Column C Column A – Taxpayer One: Federal Form 1040 and Federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) Taxpayer One, transfer the amounts from your federal Form 1040, line 1a through line 7 and line 1 through line 26 from federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040), Additional Income and Adjustments to Income, to column A of the worksheet. Column B – Taxpayer Two: Federal Form 1040 and Federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) For RDP filing jointly: Taxpayer Two, transfer the amounts from your federal Form 1040, line 1a through line 7 and line 1 through line 26 from federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) to column B of the worksheet. For RDP filing separately or former RDP filing single, no amount will be shown in column B. All adjustments for community property will be made in column C. For more information on community property, get federal Pub. 555. RDPs will use the rules in federal Pub. 555 for married people to determine how to apply those rules for California income tax purposes. The note in the “Introduction” section of the federal Pub. 555 regarding California RDPs applies to the filing of your federal tax return. Column C – Adjustments Use column C to make California RDP adjustments in Part I, Section A, line 1a through line 7; Section B, line 1 through line 8z; and Section C, line 11 through line 24z following the specific line instructions below. For additional information, use the federal Form 1040 and federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions. If the amount is less than zero (negative), enter the result in parentheses. For example: (12,345). Part I Income Adjustment Worksheet Section A – Income Columns A, B, and C Line 1a – Total amount from federal Form(s) W-2, box 1 Enter the total amount shown on box 1 of your federal Form(s) W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. If you received a pension or annuity from a nonqualified deferred compensation plan or a nongovernmental IRC Section 457(b) plan, and this amount was reported on federal Form W-2, box 1, do not include this amount on line 1a. Report that type of income on Section B, line 8t. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 1a. Line 1b – Household employee wages not reported on federal Form(s) W-2 Enter the total wages you received as a household employee that was not reported on federal Form(s) W-2. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 1b. Line 1c – Tip income not reported on line 1a Enter the total of your tip income that was not reported on federal Form 1040, line 1a. This should include any tip Page 12  CA RDP Adjustments Worksheet Instructions  2023 income you did not report to your employer, allocated tips, and the value of any noncash tips you received. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 1c. Line 1d – Medicaid waiver payments not reported on federal Form(s) W-2 Enter the total taxable amount of Medicaid waiver payments received that was not reported on federal Form(s) W-2. Include the nontaxable amount that was not reported on federal Form(s) W-2 if you choose to include the nontaxable amounts in federal earned income for purposes of claiming a federal credit or other tax benefit. For additional information, get the instructions for federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 8s. Line 1e – Taxable dependent care benefits from federal Form 2441, line 26 Enter the amount of taxable dependent care benefits from federal Form 2441, Child and Dependent Care Expenses, line 26. Dependent care benefits should be shown in box 10 of your federal Form(s) W-2. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 1e. Adjustment: Dependent care assistance programs (IRC Section 129) The amount which may be excluded for dependent care assistance with respect to dependent care services provided during a taxable year shall not exceed $5,000 ($2,500 in the case of a separate tax return filed by a married/RDP individual). For RDPs filing jointly, if you and your RDP excluded more than $5,000 on your federal tax returns, your federal AGI for California purposes is increased by the amount which exceeds $5,000. For RDPs filing separately, if you excluded more than $2,500 on your federal tax return, your federal AGI for California purposes is increased by the amount which exceeds $2,500. Line 1f – Employer-provided adoption benefits from federal Form 8839, line 29 Enter the total of employer-provided adoption benefits from federal Form 8839, Qualified Adoption Expenses, line 29. Employer-provided adoption benefits should be shown in box 12 of federal Form(s) W-2 with code T. However, part or all of the benefits may be nontaxable. For additional information, get the federal Form 8839 instructions. Line 1g – Wages from federal Form 8919, line 6 Enter the total of your wages from federal Form 8919, Uncollected Social Security and Medicare Tax on Wages, line 6. For additional information, get the federal Form 8919 instructions. Line 1h – Other earned income For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 1h. Adjustment: Exclusion for medical expenses reimbursement California allows an exclusion from gross income for employer-provided accident or health insurance, and medical expense reimbursement for RDPs and their partner’s dependents if they were not previously deducted. Enter the amount included in federal income as a negative number on line 1h, column C. Line 2a – Tax-exempt interest If you received any tax-exempt interest, such as from municipal bonds, each payer should send you a federal Form 1099-INT, Interest Income. If you received any exempt-interest dividends from a mutual fund or other regulated investment company, each payer should send you a federal Form 1099-DIV, Dividends and Distributions. Enter the total on line 2a. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 2a. Line 2b – Taxable interest Each payer should send you a federal Form 1099-INT or federal Form 1099-OID, Original Issue Discount. Enter your total taxable interest income on line 2b. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 2b. Line 3a – Qualified dividends Enter your total qualified dividends on line 3a. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 3a. Line 3b – Ordinary dividends Each payer should send you a federal Form 1099-DIV. Enter your total ordinary dividends on line 3b. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 3b. Line 4a and Line 4b – IRA distributions An RDP will not be treated as a spouse where such treatment would result in a tax-favored account not being qualified as a tax-favored account for federal income tax purposes. Adjustment: An RDP may have an adjustment to line 4 if the RDP has a California-only basis in an IRA, which is recoverable from an IRA distribution. For example, an RDP may have a California-only basis in an IRA if the RDP’s partner is covered by an employer-provided retirement plan. Based on the RDPs’ combined adjusted gross income, the available deduction for an IRA contribution may be reduced for California income tax purposes. The amount disallowed for an IRA contribution on this worksheet creates a California-only basis in the IRA. RDPs shall keep track of their California-only basis in order to recover it tax-free from IRA distributions reported on line 4 in future years. You should receive a federal Form 1099-R, Distributions From Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc., showing the amount of any distribution from your IRA before income tax or other deductions were withheld. Unless otherwise noted in the line 4a and line 4b instructions, an IRA includes a traditional IRA, Roth IRA, simplified employee pension (SEP) IRA, and a savings incentive match plan for employees (SIMPLE) IRA. Except as provided in the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 4a and line 4b, leave line 4a blank and enter the total distribution on line 4b. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 4a and line 4b. Line 5a and Line 5b – Pensions and annuities You should receive a federal Form 1099-R showing the amount of your pension and annuity payments before income tax or other deductions were withheld. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 5a and line 5b. Line 6a and Line 6b – Social security benefits You should receive a Form SSA-1099, Social Security Benefit Statement, showing in box 3 the total social security benefits paid to you. For additional information, get the federal Form 1040 instructions for line 6a and line 6b. Adjustment: A portion of your benefits may be taxable. How much is taxable depends on the total amount of your benefits and other income. Generally, the higher that total amount, the greater the taxable part of your benefits. To figure the total taxable amount of your social security benefits, calculate the taxable benefit amount using the Social Security Benefits Worksheet found in the federal Form 1040 instructions. Subtract that amount from the total of the amounts on line 6, combine column A and column B on your California RDP Adjustment Worksheet. Enter the result on line 6, column C. Line 7 – Capital gain or (loss) If you had a capital gain or loss, including any capital gain distributions or a capital loss carryover from 2022, complete and attach federal Form 8949, Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets, and Schedule D (Form 1040), Capital Gains and Losses. For additional information, get federal Form 1040 instructions for line 7. Adjustments: For California purposes, RDPs are treated as spouses in provisions where the spouses are treated as one person. RDPs are not treated as one person at the federal level. If your capital losses are more than your capital gains, you can claim a capital loss deduction. The capital loss deduction for RDPs who file jointly is limited to $3,000 ($1,500 if you are an RDP filing separately). Gain on the sale of a principal residence (IRC Section 121): RDPs are allowed an exclusion of gain on the sale of their principal residence. RDPs filing jointly are able to exclude up to $500,000 ($250,000 if you file separately). If you sold your principal residence and excluded a gain of $250,000 on your federal tax return and are an RDP filing jointly, enter the difference between your total gain (up to $500,000) and the amount you excluded from your federal income on line 7, column C, as a negative number. Section B – Additional Income Columns A, B, and C Line 1 – Taxable refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local income taxes If you received a refund, credit, or offset of state or local income taxes in 2023, you may receive a federal Form 1099-G, Certain Government Payments. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 1. CA RDP Adjustments Worksheet Instructions  2023  Page 13 Line 2a – Alimony received Enter amounts received as alimony or separate maintenance. Under federal law, alimony and separate maintenance payments are not includable in the income of the receiving spouse, if made under any divorce or separation agreement executed after December 31, 2018, or executed on or before December 31, 2018, and modified after that date (if the modification expressly provides that the amendments apply). For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 2a. Line 3 – Business income or (loss) Enter your business income or loss. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 3. Adjustments: Election to treat certain depreciable business assets as an expense (IRC Section 179(b)) You may elect to treat the cost of any IRC Section 179 property as an expense, which is not chargeable to capital account. Any cost so treated shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year in which the IRC Section 179 property is placed in service. If you are an RDP filing separately, your deduction is limited to 50% of the total allowable. Enter 50% of the total deduction as a positive number on line 3, column C. Election to treat certain reforestation expenditures as an expense (IRC Section 194) In the case of any qualified timber property with respect to which the taxpayer has made an election, the taxpayer shall treat reforestation expenditures that are paid or incurred during the taxable year with respect to such property as an expense that is not chargeable to capital account. The reforestation expenditures shall be allowed as a deduction. The aggregate amount of reforestation expenditures, with respect to each qualified timber property, shall not exceed $10,000 ($5,000 if you file as married/RDP filing separately). If you claimed a reforestation expense deduction in the amount of $5,000 on your federal tax return and you are an RDP filing jointly, enter the difference between your total reforestation expense (up to $10,000 for each qualified timber property) and the amount you deducted on your federal tax return on line 3, column C, as a negative number. Line 4 – Other gains or (losses) If you sold or exchanged assets used in a trade or business, get the instructions for federal Form 4797, Sales of Business Property. Line 5 – Rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, trust, etc. Enter the amount from federal Schedule E (Form 1040), Supplemental Income and Loss, line 26 or line 41, here. Adjustment: Get federal Form 8582, Passive Activity Loss Limitations, if your modified AGI is over $100,000. If you or your RDP actively participated in a passive rental real estate activity, you can deduct up to $25,000 of loss from the activity from your nonpassive income. This special allowance is an exception to the general rule disallowing losses in excess of income from passive Page 14  CA RDP Adjustments Worksheet Instructions  2023 activities. The maximum amount of the special allowance is reduced if your modified AGI is more than $100,000 ($50,000 if you are an RDP filing separately). If you have a loss, subtract the total allowable loss shown on your recalculated federal Form 8582 from the total of the amounts on line 5, column A and column B. Enter the result on line 5, column C, as a positive number. Line 6 – Farm income or (loss) Enter the amount from federal Schedule F (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Farming, line 34 here. Adjustment: Election to treat certain depreciable business assets as an expense (IRC Section 179(b)) You may elect to treat the cost of any IRC Section 179 property as an expense, which is not chargeable to capital account. Any cost so treated shall be allowed as a deduction for the taxable year in which the IRC Section 179 property is placed in service. If you are an RDP filing separately, your deduction is limited to 50% of the total allowable. Enter 50% of the total deduction as a positive number on line 6, column C. Line 7 – Unemployment compensation You should receive a federal Form 1099-G showing the total unemployment compensation paid to you in 2023. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 7. Line 8a – Federal net operating loss (NOL) Enter on line 8a any NOL deduction from an earlier year. For additional information, get federal Pub. 536, Net Operating Losses (NOLs) for Individuals, Estates, and Trusts. Line 8b – Gambling Enter on line 8b any gambling winnings. Gambling winnings include lotteries, raffles, a lump-sum payment from the sale of a right to receive future lottery payments, etc. For details on gambling losses, get the instructions for federal Schedule A (Form 1040), Itemized Deductions, line 16. Line 8c – Cancellation of debt Enter on line 8c any canceled debt. Canceled debt may be shown on federal Form 1099-C, Cancellation of Debt, in box 2. However, part or all of your income from cancellation of debt may be nontaxable. For additional information, get federal Pub. 4681, Canceled Debts, Foreclosures, Repossessions, and Abandonments (For Individuals). Adjustments: Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act Federal allows taxpayers to exclude from income up to $750,000 ($375,000 for married filing separately) of mortgage forgiveness debt. For RDPs filing jointly, if you and your RDP excluded more than $750,000 on your federal tax returns, your federal AGI for California purposes is increased by the amount which exceeds $750,000. For RDPs filing separately, if you excluded more than $375,000 on your federal tax return, your federal AGI for California purposes is increased by the amount which exceeds $375,000. Certain employer payments of student loans An employee currently may exclude $5,250 from income for benefits from an employer-sponsored educational assistance program. For RDPs filing jointly, if you and your RDP excluded more than $10,500 on your federal tax returns, your federal AGI income for California purposes is increased by the amount which exceeds $10,500. For RDPs filing separately, if you excluded more than $5,250 on your federal tax return, your federal AGI for California purposes is increased by the amount which exceeds $5,250. Line 8d – Foreign earned income exclusion from federal Form 2555 Enter the amount of your foreign earned income and housing exclusion from federal Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income, line 45. Line 8e – Income from federal Form 8853 Enter the total amounts from federal Form 8853, Archer MSAs and Long-Term Care Insurance Contracts, line 8, line 12, and line 26. For additional information, get federal Pub. 969, Health Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Favored Health Plans. Line 8f – Income from federal Form 8889 Enter the total amounts from federal Form 8889, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), line 16 and line 20. Line 8g – Alaska Permanent Fund dividends Enter your Alaska Permanent Fund dividends. Line 8h – Jury duty pay Enter amounts for jury duty pay. Also, see the instructions for line 24a. Line 8i – Prizes and awards Enter prizes and awards. Also, see the instructions for line 8m. Line 8j – Activity not engaged in for profit income Enter amounts for activity not engaged in for profit income. For additional information, get federal Pub. 525, Taxable and Nontaxable Income. Line 8k – Stock options Enter on line 8k any income from the exercise of stock options not otherwise reported on your federal Form 1040 or 1040-SR, line 1h. Line 8l – Income from the rental of personal property if you engaged in the rental for profit but were not in the business of renting such property Enter income from the rental of personal property as described above. Also, see the instructions for line 24b. Line 8m – Olympic and Paralympic medals and USOC prize money The value of Olympic and Paralympic medals and the amount of United States Olympic Committee (USOC) prize money you receive on account of your participation in the Olympic or Paralympic Games may be nontaxable. These amounts should be reported to you on federal Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Information, box 3. To see if these amounts are nontaxable, first figure your adjusted gross income, including the amount of your medals and prize money. If your AGI is not more than $1,000,000 ($500,000 if married filing separately), these amounts are nontaxable and you should include the amount from federal Form 1099-MISC, box 3, on line 8m, then subtract it by including it on line 24c. Line 8n – IRC Section 951(a) inclusion IRC Section 951 generally requires that a U.S. shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation include in income its pro rata share of the corporation’s subpart F income and its amount determined under IRC Section 956. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 8n. Line 8o – IRC Section 951A(a) inclusion IRC Section 951A generally requires that a U.S. shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation include in income its global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI). For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 8o. Line 8p – IRC Section 461(l) excess business loss adjustment Enter the amount of your excess business loss from federal Form 461, Limitation on Business Losses, line 16. Line 8q – Taxable distributions from an ABLE account Distributions from this type of account may be taxable if (a) they are more than the designated beneficiary’s qualified disability expenses, and (b) they were not included in a qualified rollover. For additional information, get federal Pub. 907, Tax Highlights for Persons With Disabilities. Line 8r – Scholarship and fellowship grants not reported on federal Form(s) W-2 Enter the amount of scholarship and fellowship grants not reported on federal Form W-2. If you were a degree candidate, include only the amounts you used for expenses other than tuition and course-related expenses. For example, amounts used for room, board, and travel must be reported on line 8r. Line 8s – Nontaxable amount of Medicaid waiver payments included on federal Form 1040, line 1a or line 1d Certain Medicaid waiver payments you received for caring for someone living in your home with you may be nontaxable. If you include the nontaxable amount on federal Form 1040, line 1a or line 1d, enter that amount on line 8s. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 8s. Line 8t – Pension or annuity from a nonqualified deferred compensation plan or a nongovernmental IRC Section 457 plan Enter the amount that you received as a pension or annuity from a nonqualified deferred compensation plan or a nongovernmental IRC Section 457 plan. This amount may be shown in box 11 of federal Form W-2. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 8t. Line 8u – Wages earned while incarcerated Enter the amount that you received for work performed while an inmate in a penal institution. You may receive a federal Form(s) W-2 or Form(s) 1099. Line 8z – Other income Use line 8z to report any taxable income not reported elsewhere on your tax return or other schedules. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 8z. CA RDP Adjustments Worksheet Instructions  2023  Page 15 Section C – Adjustments to Income Columns A, B, and C Line 11 – Educator expenses If you were an eligible educator in 2023, you can deduct up to $300 of qualified expenses you paid in 2023. If you and your RDP are filing jointly and both of you were eligible educators, the maximum deduction is $600. However, neither RDP can deduct more than $300 of his or her qualified expenses. An eligible educator is a kindergarten through grade 12 teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide in a school for at least 900 hours during a school year. For additional information, get federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 11 and federal Pub. 529, Miscellaneous Deductions. Line 12 – Certain business expenses of reservists, performing artists, and fee-basis government officials Include the following deductions on line 12: • Certain business expenses of National Guard and reserve members who traveled more than 100 miles from home to perform services as a National Guard or reserve member. • Performing-arts-related expenses as qualified performing artist. • Business expenses of fee-basis state or local government officials. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 12. Adjustment: RDPs may only claim expenses as a performing artist if they file jointly, unless they lived apart from their RDP for the entire year. Line 13 – Health savings account deduction If contributions (other than employer contributions, rollovers, and qualified HSA funding distributions from an IRA) were made to your HSA for 2023, you may be able to take this deduction. Get federal Form 8889. A “tax-favored account” means an individual account, plan, or arrangement that is exempt from tax under federal law, including an HSA. Where the treatment of an RDP as a spouse would result in a tax-favored account that would not be qualified as a tax-favored account for federal income tax purposes, the RDP will not be treated as a spouse for California tax purposes with respect to that account. Line 14 – Moving expenses You can deduct moving expenses if you are a member of the Armed Forces on active duty and due to a military order you move because of a permanent change of station. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 14. Line 15 – Deductible part of self-employment tax Enter the deductible part of self-employment tax. For additional information, get the federal Schedule 1 (Form 1040) instructions for line 15. Page 16  CA RDP Adjustments Worksheet Instructions  2023 Line 16 – Self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and qualified plans If you were self-employed or a partner, you may be able to take this deduction. Get federal Pub. 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business (SEP, SIMPLE, and Qualified Plans), or, if you were a minister, get federal Pub. 517, Social Security and Other Information for Members of the Clergy and Religious Workers. Line 17 – Self-employed health insurance deduction You may be able to deduct the amount you paid for health insurance coverage (established under
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More about the California Publication 737 Individual Income Tax TY 2023

Publication 737 requires you to list multiple forms of income, such as wages, interest, or alimony .

We last updated the Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners in February 2024, so this is the latest version of Publication 737, fully updated for tax year 2023. You can download or print current or past-year PDFs of Publication 737 directly from TaxFormFinder. You can print other California tax forms here.

Other California Individual Income Tax Forms:

TaxFormFinder has an additional 174 California income tax forms that you may need, plus all federal income tax forms.

Form Code Form Name
Form 540 California Resident Income Tax Return
Form 540 Booklet Personal Income Tax Booklet - Forms & Instructions
Form 540 Schedule CA California Adjustments - Residents
Form 540-ES Estimated Tax for Individuals
Form 540-540A Instructions California 540 Form Instruction Booklet

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California usually releases forms for the current tax year between January and April. We last updated California Publication 737 from the Franchise Tax Board in February 2024.

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About the Individual Income Tax

The IRS and most states collect a personal income tax, which is paid throughout the year via tax withholding or estimated income tax payments.

Most taxpayers are required to file a yearly income tax return in April to both the Internal Revenue Service and their state's revenue department, which will result in either a tax refund of excess withheld income or a tax payment if the withholding does not cover the taxpayer's entire liability. Every taxpayer's situation is different - please consult a CPA or licensed tax preparer to ensure that you are filing the correct tax forms!

Historical Past-Year Versions of California Publication 737

We have a total of seven past-year versions of Publication 737 in the TaxFormFinder archives, including for the previous tax year. Download past year versions of this tax form as PDFs here:


2023 Publication 737

2023 FTB Publication 737 Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners

2022 Publication 737

2022 FTB Publication 737 - Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners

2021 Publication 737

FTB Publication 737 2021 Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners

2020 Publication 737

FTB Publication 737 2020 Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners

2019 Publication 737

FTB Publication 737 2019 Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners

2018 Publication 737

2018 Form 737 - Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners

2017 Publication 737

2017 Publication 737 - Tax Information for Registered Domestic Partners


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