DanielV01
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State tax filing

Hopefully, these instructions from this Help Article will assist:  How do I prepare a joint federal return and separate state returns?

 

In essence, you will create a "fake" Married Filing Separate return for your spouse because she will need to file a separate VA return, which will need to be mailed in.  The Help Article gives more detail.

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