My spouse and I were not residents of MA at the same time. How should we file

[DanielV01 · Accepted solution]

If you and your spouse have different MA residency periods, Massachusetts requires you to use the filing status of Married Filing Separately on the MA return (you may still file a joint Federal return).  This website:  https://www.mass.gov/service-details/learn-about-filing-status-on-massachusetts-personal-income-tax contains the following:  

Taxpayers who are legally married as of the last day of the tax year can file as married filing separately.

If married taxpayers have a Massachusetts residency tax year that begins and ends on different days, they must file married filing separately, assuming each spouse is required to file.  (Italics added)

If you do choose to file a joint Federal return while being required to file separate MA returns, this FAQ provides instruction on how to do so:  https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3301995

[Ethan2022]

Hello,

Could you kindly tell me about how to return Federal and State with different filling statuses?

Thanks.

[ravivmg]

Hi,

The link for how to do this is broken. Does anyone have an updated link?

[DoninGA]

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@ravivmg wrote:

Hi,

The link for how to do this is broken. Does anyone have an updated link?

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See this TurboTax support FAQ for filing jointly on a federal return and separately on a state return - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/small-business-processes/prepare-joint-f...