My wife would be a resident of MA, and her job income came only from a MA employer. I was in school in CT and transferred my car registration there and paid property taxes, so I would say that I am a CT resident, and I had also job income from a NY employer afterwards. We also have 2 children. Our plan would be to file:
Federal: either married filing separately (one of us will claim 2 dependents, the other none) or married filing jointly
MA: Wife as resident (married filing separately and claim 2 dependents)
CT: Me as resident (married filing separately and claim 2 dependents)
NY: Me as non-resident (married filing separately and claim 2 dependents)
Since I had no job income from MA, I would skip filing MA altogether (and the same applies to why she would skip filing in CT and NY). Does this approach make sense or would it raise any red flags? And does the allocation of dependents make sense as well? Thanks!
