filing joint for federal and joint but separate for state

zolly — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 22:08:57 GMT

My wife lives and works in Virginia which has a state tax return and I live and work in Tennessee which has no tax return. When I file joint for federal its no problem but when I try to file only her state tax return your software will not allow it separate filing from the federal. as per your help documents i filled out a separate federal with just her info and the state of virginia. I dont know how to continue.

Re: filing joint for federal and joint but separate for state

bluedeb — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 22:16:46 GMT

You need to prepare a mock married filing separate (MFS) return, then file state for Virginia.

How do I prepare a joint federal return and separate state returns?

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filing joint for federal and joint but separate for state

Re: filing joint for federal and joint but separate for state

You need to prepare a mock married filing separate (MFS) return, then file state for Virginia.

How do I prepare a joint federal return and separate state returns?