TomD8
Level 15

State tax filing

Washington does not have a state income tax.

You file only one federal tax return.

The only state tax return you have to file is New York.

If you file your federal return as MFJ, your wife must file her part-year resident NY return as MFJ, per New York's rules. 

Make sure that your wife enters her information correctly in the personal info section of TT.  Her State of Residence is WA.  She lived in another state (NY) during the year.

Enter both your W-2's exactly as is.  Be sure you indicate which W-2 belongs to you and which to your wife.

When you do the NY return, be sure to choose Married Filing Joint as her filing status.

This should result in the program preparing your returns correctly.

 

**Answers are correct to the best of my ability but do not constitute tax or legal advice.