https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/military/discussion/my-spouse-and-i-are-both-married-and-active-duty-military-we-both-receive-military-pay-i-am-a/01/717762#M2266 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:48:25 GMT rayborowski 2019-06-06T14:48:25Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/military/discussion/my-spouse-and-i-are-both-married-and-active-duty-military-we-both-receive-military-pay-i-am-a/01/717762#M2266 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:48:25 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/military/discussion/my-spouse-and-i-are-both-married-and-active-duty-military-we-both-receive-military-pay-i-am-a/01/717762#M2266 rayborowski 2019-06-06T14:48:25Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/military/discussion/presumably-you-and-your-husband-will-file-your-federal-re/01/717767#M2267 <P>Presumably you and your husband will file your federal return as Married Filing Jointly.</P><P>Assuming MD is still your State of Legal Residence (SLR), you must also file an MD return.&nbsp; MD gives you the option of filing a joint return or filing as married filing separately.&nbsp; But MD does tax its residents' active duty military pay.</P><P>AZ does not tax active duty military pay.&nbsp; If your husband's ONLY income was his military pay, and his SLR is AZ, it is not necessary for him to file an AZ return unless 1) he had additional income other than military pay; or 2) the military withheld AZ state tax from his pay.&nbsp; In the latter case, he'd have to file an AZ return in order to have those withholdings refunded. </P><P>In the event he does have to file an AZ return, AZ's filing rules for an AZ resident married to an AZ non-resident are detailed on page 4 of this reference: &nbsp;<A href="https://www.azdor.gov/Portals/0/Rulings/ITR14-1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.azdor.gov/Portals/0/Rulings/ITR14-1.pdf</A><BR /></P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:48:27 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/military/discussion/presumably-you-and-your-husband-will-file-your-federal-re/01/717767#M2267 TomD8 2019-06-06T14:48:27Z