State tax filing

No, there is no easy way to do this, since income and deductions are combined on a joint return.  One way to do it is to prepare two mock married filing separate returns, and then apportion your refund/tax due on the joint return based on those results.  Example:  Joint return, refund of $1000, MFS return 1, refund of $600, MFS return 2 refund of $200.  Spouse 1 would get 3/4 of joint refund, spouse 2 would get 1/4.

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