@JoeTaxDad I suspect TT will walk you through this so neither of you are taxed twice on the same dollar.... you both would have a filing status of "Separate" for the MA and RI state tax returns.
I'll bet a dollar that you will find that filing JOINT on the federal return is much better than filing Separate. If you are on SS and over 65, there is that 85% of SS that is automatically taxed and loss of the $6000 deduction. Those are not insignificant.
