No. You will not have to file a NC state income tax
return.
Just make sure that you are letting the TurboTax
system know that your husband is 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 KS but you are stationed in NC, then you will use KS as our resident
state in TurboTax.
You may need to edit
his 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
edit his personal info and 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.
If you did end up with NC withholding on your W-2,
you will have to file an NC nonresident state income tax return to get these
withholdings back.
In
order to get the full refund of your NC state income tax withholdings, you will
need to file a nonresident NC return but report zero "0" income from
NC (even though you did have NC wage income). You must mail in this NC
nonresident state income tax return and include your state W-2 information. You
will want to include an explanatory statement with your NC nonresident state
income tax return stating your situation (that your NC employer withheld NC
state income taxes from your wages in error because you are a military spouse and
covered under MSRRA).
Thank him for
protecting our country.
