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Can a couple file a joint federal return, but file separate a New Jersey tax return (One spouse lives in New Jersey, but the other lives in a state with no income tax)?

jeffreykfox
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How do I enter the data? I have entered the data and I have not learned how to separate the income by each state.
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itonewbie
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Technically you can so long as one spouse was a FY-resident and the other a FY-NR.

From a process standpoint, however, you'll need to create a new return from that MFJ return and manipulate the existing entries in the new copy to make that kind of a proforma MFS for NJ filing purposes.

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