It depends. You do have some options to consider..
- Create a Separate Tax Return. Prepare your MFJ federal return and e-file it. Do not prepare a State return in this filing.
- Now create a new account in TurboTax Online, which means paying for a new return. On this return, you will fill out a Married Filing Separate return on your federal return as well as the state return. At the end of the tax return, indicate you will mail both returns. Here you will retrieve your NC state return and mail it.
- If you have the TurboTax desktop software, you can file both returns in the same product.
You may wish to file Married Filing Jointly because North Carolina allows MFJ even if spouses have different residency statuses. You may be able to file MFJ for NC and allocate only the NC-resident spouse’s income and the rest of the income in MA.
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