My wife and I live in two different states. I have followed the instructions in reference link [1] below to create a Federal Return (Married Filing Jointly), and a State Return (Married filing separately). At the end of this step, I have
[a] One Federal return for my wife and I,
notes: This return was created under the "Married Filing Jointly" status.
comments: no issues here. I can e-file our federal return. I can choose not to go ahead with the state returns. In-fact it'd be wrong to e-file our state taxes under the "Married Filing Jointly" when we are living in two different states.
[b] One State return for myself
notes: This return was created under the "Married Filing Separately" status.
comments: I don't want to file my federal in this tax return. I just need to e-file my state return. How do I do that? The only way to get to the States e-file section is by e-filing federal first. And e-filing federal here would be wrong because I've already filed our federal under joint status (see bullet [a])
[c] One state return for my wife.
notes: This return was created under the "Married Filing Separately" status.
comments: I don't want to file my wife's federal in this tax return. I just need to e-file my wife's state return. How do I do that? The only way to get to the States e-file section is by e-filing federal first. And e-filing federal here would be wrong because I've already filed our federal under joint status (see bullet [a])
I have used the desktop version and all of the above returns; and, they exist in their own world (with a separate .tax2020 file).
Question:
[1] Is there a way to e-file federal tax return in [a], and e-file state tax returns in [b] and [c] ?
[2] One potential way is to e-file federal (married filing jointly), and paper file state (married filing separately) for my wife and I. Is this the only way out of this situation?
Reference:
[1] https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-prepare-a-joint-federal-return-and-se...
