DavidS127
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State tax filing

According to the Indiana rules, taxpayers who file their federal tax return as married filing jointly must also use married filing jointly in Indiana.  I would read that to mean that if your spouse is treated as a resident for federal purposes on your married filing jointly federal return, she can also be included on an Indiana resident return you file jointly.

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