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Level 3
posted Mar 30, 2025 7:22:09 PM

Filing spouse as a resident and myself as a nonresident

My wife lives and works in New York while I live and work in New Jersey. I'm attempting to file the New York return as Married Filing Jointly with my wife as a resident and myself as a nonresident but TurboTax is telling me that my wife can't be filed as a resident:

 
 
 
 
 

Is there something that I'm doing wrong? or can I ignore this error? I don't see the option to select taxpayer instead of spouse

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Level 3
Mar 31, 2025 11:52:02 AM

@KeshaH or @DianeW777  Please help with the above question.

Expert Alumni
Apr 2, 2025 5:04:31 PM

I responded to your other thread regarding this issue. If after reviewing your forms to check how the income was taxed by each state, you still have questions, please respond and let us know.