Being forced to complete form MO-CR when we have already filled MO-NRI

[qnzhong]

Married filing jointly, spouse worked part-year in IA and then moved to MO.

From our understanding, it is valid to fill out either MO-NRI or MO-CR, whichever is more advantageous.
For us, it seems to be MO-NRI, which we have completed.

However, every time we try to complete the MO state return, it forces us to start a new form MO-CR before reviewing the return.

[BillM223]

The Missouri Instructions say:

If filing a combined return, one spouse may use Form MO-NRI and the other spouse may elect to use Form MO-CR.

Are you filing a combined return in Missouri? So you are a full-year resident and your spouse is a part-year resident, right?

It sounds to me that you could well be using the MO-CR for you and MO-NRI for your spouse. Is that not your understanding?

"it forces us to start a new form MO-CR before reviewing the return." Please explain. Do you NOT want an MO-CR? Or do you mean something else?

[qnzhong]

I do mean that I do not want the CR, and want to complete the return without it. When I fill out the MO return currently, the step-by-step prompts for the CR (but not NRI) and forces me to complete the form before verifying the return even if I delete it.

I could be wrong, but I don't think it makes sense for the spouse who lived in MO the whole year (with no out of state income, and cannot claim a credit) to fill out the CR, and it also asks for both individuals' incomes. There's a flowsheet on which form to fill out on the MO websites, and if we follow that diagram it says to fill out one or the other. The CR gives worse outcome on return than NRI and so I'm trying to do the latter.

Thanks for your response!