I live and work in oregon. My spouse lives n works in washington. Can i file my federal jointly but oregon as seperate? To not pay oregon tax on his income since its wash

I tried filing and i get a refund if i file seperately. But filing together i owe

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I live and work in oregon. My spouse lives n works in washington. Can i file my federal jointly but oregon as seperate? To not pay oregon tax on his income since its wash

You can file separately for Oregon. In fact, taxpayers must use the married filing separately status if filing separate returns for Oregon due to different residency statuses.

I live and work in oregon. My spouse lives n works in washington. Can i file my federal jointly but oregon as seperate? To not pay oregon tax on his income since its wash

So in can select jointly on federal and seperately for oregon without any penalties?

I live and work in oregon. My spouse lives n works in washington. Can i file my federal jointly but oregon as seperate? To not pay oregon tax on his income since its wash

That's correct, page 12 has details: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.oregon.gov/DOR/forms/FormsPubs/part-year_101-045_2015.pdf">https://www.oregon.gov/DOR/fo...>

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