Since you are filing jointly, Maine will declare all of your taxable income as taxable along with the itemized deduction for filing jointly and two personal exemptions. If your wife lived in a state that required income taxes, she would have received a credit for her taxes paid in that state.
Now in your Maine tax return, you do have an option to Married Filing Separate. You can change your filing status as you go through the Maine questions. Try that to see if that will give you a better result or just stick with Married Filing jointly. The results may surprise you.
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