DMarkM1
Employee Tax Expert

State tax filing

PA does allow you to file as married filing separately even though you file a federal joint return. 

 

You will need to either have two online accounts one with with your joint return and one with your spouse filing separately or use a CD/Download version.  You can use TurboTax Online to file separate state returns, but we recommend you use the CD/Download software version to do this because you'll only need to pay for one TurboTax product (you can file up to five returns). 

 

Since TX does not have a state income tax you do have to worry about that return.  

 

You will create a mock federal return for your husband filing separately to allow a PA return to be created.  The federal mock return will not be filed and the PA return will need to mailed.  

 

Here is a link with more details on the process.

 

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