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Filing NY State Married filing Separately

gs77 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:34:42 GMT

Hi,

My wife works and lives in NY and I live and work in a different state.

We are filing Federal MFJ

Do we just file NY state return for my wife as MFS with mock federal?

Thank you

Re: Filing NY State Married filing Separately

DMarkM1 — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:47:28 GMT

Yes, NY state has an exception for filing under a different status from your federal return for joint filers where one is a NY resident and the other is not.

Therefore you would file your wife in NY as Married Filing Separately (MFS) using a mock MFS federal return.

Re: Filing NY State Married filing Separately

gs77 — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 13:55:16 GMT

Thank you @DMarkM1

Just to confirm 2 more points.

In this case, I completely do not have any income so I do not have to submit a NY MFS return?
When my wife is submitting NY MFS return does she have to submit her mock MFS federal or our original MFJ Federal.

Re: Filing NY State Married filing Separately

DMarkM1 — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:09:50 GMT

You are correct. You will not submit a NY return for yourself as you are non-resident with no NY source income.

No, the federal mock MFS is not filed/submitted. NY does not have requirement to attach a copy of your federal return.