My husband and I were living separately in 2017. He was in Louisiana and I was in Florida. We filed our federal income taxes jointly, but he filed separately with Louisiana. We have now (4 years later) received a letter from the state of Louisiana saying we owe several thousands of dollars because our income was significantly higher than what my husband reported.
My income was all earned in Florida, so I assumed Louisiana had no right to tax any of it. Now I am seeing I should have been more careful and perhaps filed our federal taxes separately to avoid the hassle.
What do you suggest we do? Do we need to pay LA or is there another option like amending our federal taxes to file separately?
