I have a complicated situation and would appreciate any advice. My wife and I got married last year. We met in Florida when we were both Florida residents in 2015. In 2018 she moved to Maryland for the military and I moved to WV to be within driving distance and for my job. I still live in West Virginia and became a resident of WV upon moving. She lives in Maryland and is active duty military, but her state of residence is still Florida for tax purposes. We are going to file a married filing jointly return for the federal return, but things get tricky with my WV state return as it pulls in the federal gross adjusted income (including my wife's income which was earned in FL). My wife has no affiliation with West Virginia as she works in Maryland and all of her income is reported to Florida, which doesn't have a state income tax. There is no way for me to exclude her income from mine in the state return using the software as we technically are not getting a state return from Florida to claim any credits. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I haven't seen anything like this online in discussions/forums/etc. If we have to file "married filing separately" we will definitely owe some more money with both fed and state.
Also, for those also thinking of the Military Spouse Residency Relief Act (MSRRA). I’m not sure I qualify since there are 3 states involved and we don’t live in the same state together. West Virginia (I live and work), Maryland (wife lives and works), and Florida (wife’s legal residence for state tax purposes).
