We are posted overseas and have e-filed VA State Taxes in the past. Our address is an APO, AP. We are declared a VA non-resident this year and will not let me e-file.

[Anonymous]

We have lived overseas for 6 years as federal employees and have always e-files as VA residents.  This year Turbo Tax is declaring us VA non-residents and will not let us e-file.  Any assistance is appreciated.

[DianeW · Accepted solution]

While you are in the State Taxes tab, this is where you select your residency status.  Please check to see if you selected your residency status in the Virginia portion of your return.  The address in the personal information may have automatically selected nonresidency status on the Virginia return, and you can change it.

1. Select the State tab (on the left for online or at the top for desktop)
2. Answer the questions about your residency 

• Answer "No" to the question "Did you make money in Virginia in 2017, but never live there?"
• Select "just Virginia" to the question "What was your state of residence in 2017?"

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[rchen404]

This is a terrible answer, it would make turbotax fill out the incorrect tax form!!

All it takes to be marked "expert" is to make multiple (bad) posts?

I called the VA Dept of Taxation, they have no such prohibition against e-filing if you are a foreign resident.