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I live and work in WV, and was married in July. My wife lived/worked in PA, but now lives in WV and works in PA. If we file jointly, which state returns should we file?
I live and work in WV, and was married in July. My wife lived/worked in PA, but now lives in WV and still works in PA. She teleworks 4 days and commutes on the 5th. Her company still hasn't processed her telework paperwork yet, so she is still being taxed for PA state taxes. My plan is to file married/jointly for federal, however, I'm not sure how to handle the state returns. I believe WV and PA are reciprocal tax states, but I'm worried they may never change her state of tax in the payroll system and keep it with just PA taxes being taken out. How should I handle the state tax returns?
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I live and work in WV, and was married in July. My wife lived/worked in PA, but now lives in WV and works in PA. If we file jointly, which state returns should we file?
Your wife should complete and give to her employer a PA Rev 419 to stop all PA withholding ASAP..
It's unclear if you were married in 2016 (that would be the return that is past due now) or if your talking about 2017. I'm assuming you are asking about 2016.
I would advise for each of you to file married filing separate for 2016 for both PA and WV.
For you, report all income on your WV resident return.
For your wife, she will need to file two part year returns (married filing separate).
All income earned by your wife while a PA resident is reported on her MFS part-year PA return. Include all PA withholding for 2016. If they withheld PA taxes the entire year, she should be getting a nice refund depending on her other income.
All income earned by your wife while a WV resident is reported on her MFS part-year WV return. If there was no WV withholding, she likely will owe taxes and possibly a penalty.
For 2017, if PA income taxes have been withheld, you would be eligible for a full refund of those taxes as PA does not tax the wages of a reciprocal state resident. File WV MFJ.
If you were married in 2017, then file the REV419 ASAP and file the separate returns for 2017. You may wish to file WV estimated taxes for 2017 but definitely will need to file WV estimates for 2018 to avoid penalties.
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I live and work in WV, and was married in July. My wife lived/worked in PA, but now lives in WV and works in PA. If we file jointly, which state returns should we file?
Normally, if your wife was switched to WV withholding, you would only need to file a WV return due to reciprocity -- except that in this case, she would still have a half year PA withholding and the only way to get that back is to file a PA return.
I think, that at this point your wife should leave her taxation at PA and have it switched on January 1, since if she only has PA withholding, then she only needs to file a PA return and not a WV return when married filing separately.
Under reciprocity you could file jointly in WV only, and you can do that next year for sure, but that doesn't account for her PA withholding this year.
Maybe someone else will have an idea. @Critter#2 ??
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I live and work in WV, and was married in July. My wife lived/worked in PA, but now lives in WV and works in PA. If we file jointly, which state returns should we file?
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I live and work in WV, and was married in July. My wife lived/worked in PA, but now lives in WV and works in PA. If we file jointly, which state returns should we file?
Your wife should complete and give to her employer a PA Rev 419 to stop all PA withholding ASAP..
It's unclear if you were married in 2016 (that would be the return that is past due now) or if your talking about 2017. I'm assuming you are asking about 2016.
I would advise for each of you to file married filing separate for 2016 for both PA and WV.
For you, report all income on your WV resident return.
For your wife, she will need to file two part year returns (married filing separate).
All income earned by your wife while a PA resident is reported on her MFS part-year PA return. Include all PA withholding for 2016. If they withheld PA taxes the entire year, she should be getting a nice refund depending on her other income.
All income earned by your wife while a WV resident is reported on her MFS part-year WV return. If there was no WV withholding, she likely will owe taxes and possibly a penalty.
For 2017, if PA income taxes have been withheld, you would be eligible for a full refund of those taxes as PA does not tax the wages of a reciprocal state resident. File WV MFJ.
If you were married in 2017, then file the REV419 ASAP and file the separate returns for 2017. You may wish to file WV estimated taxes for 2017 but definitely will need to file WV estimates for 2018 to avoid penalties.
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