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mcgrawsmd
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How do I change the age of my spouse on my state tax return to be different from that on federal return?

A person born on 1/1/1954 is considered to be age 65 for federal income taxes for the 2018 tax year per instructions for Form 1040 (Page 10, Chart A).  Turbo Tax calculates this correctly.  However, for Maryland taxes that same person is considered to be only 64 for the 2018 tax year as they use 12/31/2018 as the determination date.  Turbo Tax erroneously transfers the age information from the federal return to the Maryland return and there does not appear to be any way to override it on the state return.  I've tried to uncheck the 65/over box on the Maryland Info Worksheet but it won't uncheck.  How do I override this age information on the state return?

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mcgrawsmd
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How do I change the age of my spouse on my state tax return to be different from that on federal return?

I answered my own question!

To override this item, I right clicked on the 65/Over checkbox, selected 'override', and was able to uncheck it.  Problem solved!

It still seems though that Turbo Tax State for Maryland should be aware of the difference in age between federal and state and enter the correct age automatically.

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