1. Yes, you will file a return in South Carolina as well. You will file as a nonresident if your permanent residence is outside of South Carolina all year.
Please the attached if this is not the case and there is a chance your spouse South Carolina is a place she intends to return to.
South Carolina filing requirements
2. It depends. If your wife's permanent place of residence is in North Carolina, you will file Form SC1040 and Schedule NR Nonresident Schedule. If you determine to file as a part-year resident, you will file SC1040, SC1040TC to claim credit for taxes paid to another state on the same income (here it would be the NC return), and Schedule NR.
3. It depends. Again, it will depend upon how you file your Federal return and if you file as Married Filing Joint. If you use this filing status, you will have a joint return filed in SC, but will only report the actual income earned in SC on the NR Schedule.
4. Always start with the nonresident tax return first. Prepare your resident state tax return last.
The order will depend upon your answers to the above questions. Where do you and your spouse consider you "home" to be? If it's New Jersey, then that should be your resident state. If it's North Carolina, then that will be your resident state.
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