jtax
Level 10

State tax filing

Hello @ordermurden  First, thank you very much for your service.

 

I am not an expert on this but a quick look and I found this Turobtax FAQ

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/military/help/military-spouses-and-state-taxes/00/26149

 

and this from the Virginia Tax authority

 

https://www.tax.virginia.gov/military-spouses-residency-relief-act-faqs

 

It appears that your spouse's wages for a job performed in VA are not VA source income as long as he or she was in VA to be with you while you were permanently stationed in VA.

 

If your spouse had other VA source income (rental income or a business) that is probably VA income and not exempt (though it seems that some spousal business might be).

 

If your spouse had VA withholding you can get it back by filing a special form described on the VA tax site linked above.

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