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Filed married joint for federal - filing separate for states.

My husband and I filed married joint for federal. His primary residence stayed NC and mine stayed VA for 2021. How do we file separate for state taxes? The resource the app keeps leading me to doesn’t exist. 

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Filed married joint for federal - filing separate for states.

If you need to file a Joint federal and separate state returns

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-prepare-a-joint-federal-return-and-se...

 

Reading the FAQ it looks like you have to use 3 accounts.  One to file the Joint federal return.  Then you each need another account to fill out fake federal MFS returns to do your separate state returns.    So you will have to PAY for 3 online accounts (3 federal returns and 2 state returns).  That's why it's cheaper to use the Desktop installed program.    If you don't have a computer to install the desktop program on maybe it would be cheaper and easier to go to a local accountant or tax place.

 

You will have to mail the 2 separate state returns.   

 

Online is only good for 1 return per account.  But you can use the same email address for 5 accounts.   How to start another return in the Online version

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-start-another-return-in-turbotax-onli...

 

Or buy the Desktop CD/Download program here

https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/cd-download/

rjs
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Filed married joint for federal - filing separate for states.

Note that the FAQ that VolvoGirl referenced says "we recommend you use the CD/Download software version to do this." You should not be trying to do it in TurboTax Online, and certainly not with the mobile app. Trying to use TurboTax Online is more complicated and requires more work, in addition to being more expensive.

 

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