Blueclouds
Returning Member

Married Couple both US Citizens but Wife and Kids moved to India mid year for personal reasons, what is the filing status to use?

We are a married couple and both US citizens. We typically use Turbo Tax to file our returns and use Married Filing Jointly status to file our taxes. Last year, my wife and kids had to make an urgent relocation to India in June to take care of ailing mother in law. 

 

She moved within her company to an Indian entity while I continue to work in US. We wanted to file takes separately, since my Wife's taxes will be handled by her employer as it involves part US and part India employment. 

 

I would like to file for my own taxes separately using TurboTax, which I have installed and ready to file. Can you please provide guidance on which filing status should I use? I am thinking Married filing separately in my case and only file for my portion of the taxes. Any guidance will be helpful. 

 

PS - I have applied extension and prepaid taxes when I filed for extension based on an estimate from last year filing. 

 

Thank you