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I live in MA, wife is in nursing home in RI, May I file MFJ for both Federal and MA and NOT file RI for wife?

 
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SeanE1
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I live in MA, wife is in nursing home in RI, May I file MFJ for both Federal and MA and NOT file RI for wife?

If you are a resident of Massachusetts you would file a resident return for MA.  If you and your wife have no Rhode Island source income, you would not file a RI tax return.  Just because someone is in a nursing home in a particular state does not necessitate that they file a tax return in that state.  I would file as MFJ for the federal and MA tax return.

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SeanE1
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I live in MA, wife is in nursing home in RI, May I file MFJ for both Federal and MA and NOT file RI for wife?

If you are a resident of Massachusetts you would file a resident return for MA.  If you and your wife have no Rhode Island source income, you would not file a RI tax return.  Just because someone is in a nursing home in a particular state does not necessitate that they file a tax return in that state.  I would file as MFJ for the federal and MA tax return.

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