I live and work in oregon. My spouse lives n works in washington. Can i file my federal jointly but oregon as seperate? To not pay oregon tax on his income since its wash

[mario-beltran25]

I tried filing and i get a refund if i file seperately. But filing together i owe

[MargaretL]

You can file separately for Oregon. In fact, taxpayers must use the married filing separately status if filing separate returns for Oregon due to different residency statuses.

[mario-beltran25]

So in can select jointly on federal and seperately  for oregon without any penalties?

[MargaretL]

That's correct, page 12 has details: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.oregon.gov/DOR/forms/FormsPubs/part-year_101-045_2015.pdf">https://www.oregon.gov/DOR/fo...>