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Hi ELR_2023,
Thank you for providing both of your respective states.
Arizona:
It looks like AZ will allow you to file married filing joint (MFJ) for your federal return and married filing separate (MFS) on the state return. However, since AZ is a community property state, filing a separate return requires you to reflect one-half of the community income from all sources in addition to any separate income.
Below is a link from the AZ Department of Revenue that provides information on Married Filing Separate Return:
New Mexico:
However, for NM, if married taxpayers file separate federal returns, they must file separate returns for their NM state returns as well. Please refer to the link below:
Due to the different rules for both AZ and NM, it would be in your best interest to file married filing separately for both federal and state in this case. Please refer to the article below for filing MFS in AZ. Please keep in mind that the personal exemption amounts, and standard deduction amounts in this article were for 2017 so they are no longer applicable in 2023.
Please let me know if this answers your questions, or if I can be of further assistance.
Thank you!
Shirleyh88
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