My wife is a resident of NYC while I am a resident of Texas. I have no income to declare to NY at all and, as stated above, am not a resident. We are filing our federal taxes jointly but I want to file our state taxes separately as I have no income to declare in NY and do not want to be taxed on our combined income. If she files an NYS tax return "Married Filing Separately," do I also have to file one? I can't imagine the answer would be "yes" as I am not a resident and did not work or live in NY at any point, but want to make sure it won't raise any red flags if she files as MFS and the spouse (myself) does not file after.
