It depends
If you’re in the military, your resident state is your state of legal
residency (SLR). Your SLR is usually your home of record – the state recorded by the military as
your home when you joined the military.
Your
SLR state is considered your resident state as long as you are on active duty.
Even if you are stationed in another state or country, you’re still considered
a resident of your SLR state.
To
change your state of legal residency, you can’t just change your paycheck
records. You must submit a DD Form 2058 to your local finance office.
Therefore,
if you submitted a DD Form 2058 to change your
SLR to SC, then SC is your state of residence and you would have no MD filing. However, if you did not submit
this form to change your SLR, then even though you own a home in SC, your
state of residence will remain MD (if that was your original SLR state).
Just make sure that you are letting the TurboTax
system know that you are on active military duty and that you are inputting
your state of legal residency (SLR) as your resident state. Your SLR is usually
your home of record –
the state recorded by the military as your home when you joined the military
(regardless of where you are stationed).
For example if your SLR is MD
but you are stationed in SC, then you will use MD as your resident state in
TurboTax.
If necessary , you may need to edit your personal information under the
Personal Info tab (for TurboTax Online
sign-in, click Here) to let the TurboTax system know that you are in the
U.S. Armed Forces.
You
will need to make sure that you select yes
-"I am a member or former member of the U.S. Armed Forces (active, reserve
or National Guard)".
Also
answer "no" to "I lived in
another state" (screenshot). Even though you may have lived in a
different state, this will not apply if you are on active military service in a
state other than your home of record state.
Additionally,
if you earned any income outside your military pay in a state that is not your
state of record, you will need to file a nonresident state income tax return to
recognize this nonmilitary income. Otherwise you will only have a resident
state income tax return for your home of record, the state where you lived when
you joined the military.
Thank
you for protecting our country.
