Can we file Fed joint & state separately?

[skallen67]

Female lived and worked in KS all year.  Male worked in KS all year but moved from MO to KS in March.  Got married Nov 2017.  Want to file Federal jointly as he's claiming his son, but don't know if we should file KS jointly or separately. He will obviously need to file MO, but I shouldn't have to, correct?  Also, can we do all three online?

[JulieH1 · Accepted solution]

Yes.

You can file federal jointly and states a different way.

Since male moved to Kansas with the intent of living and working in Kansas after only 3 months into 2017, he should file a resident in KS.  That way you can do a federal joint and a Kansas joint.

Then he will do a part-year resident for MO married filing separately, the female does not need to file MO.  

It is possible to do all three online.

TurboTax Online lets you prepare and e-file (or paper-file) up to five state returns per federal tax return.

If you need to prepare returns in six or more states, consider the TurboTax CD/Download software instead. Although the software only lets you e-file up to 3 states per federal return, you can prepare and paper-file as many states as you want.

Tip: When preparing returns in multiple states, it's best to do your nonresident and/or part-year resident state returns first, and your resident state last.