Address your wife's residency in the My Info section form the left menu.
- Scroll down and click the pencil icon to Edit your wife's information.
- Identify where she lived December 31, 2020 and
- Answer Yes to My spouse lived in another state in 2020.
- Identify Texas as her Previous state of residence (where your spouse lived before moving).
Since Texas does not have a state tax, you only need to file Maryland.
- However, by starting with these details in the My Info section, then Maryland will have the dates entered from My Info prepopulated.
- Answer as if you both were part-year residents.
- The income allocation will be captured when you get to the allocation screens.
- Only back out her portion of the income during the interview.
You both must use the 2020 Resident Form 502 for Maryland. She would only be allowed a credit for the income received during the part of the year when she was not a resident of Maryland. (see page 26 for more details).
