I am filing a joint Maryland return, with a credit for a contribution. Can i apply the credit to spouse income not taxpayer for purposes of 2 income subtraction?

ehartnett · ‎March 4, 2025

Trying to maximize credits. Can't see an option to select spouse to use the credit not taxpayer

ThomasM125 · ‎March 4, 2025

I don't believe so. I'm not sure what credit you are referring to, but a credit would be applied to a tax, not to income. For the two-income subtraction from income, you are required to reduce each taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income to account for subtractions from it, but that would not involve tax credits:

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I am filing a joint Maryland return, with a credit for a contribution. Can i apply the credit to spouse income not taxpayer for purposes of 2 income subtraction?