My Wife and I got married in June'2006. Following is our situation Before our marriage my wife had been working in California with a company. After marriage she moved to Massachusetts and is working in MA for the same company. I have been in MA the whole year & have no income whatsoever from CA. We do not have any itemized deductions & do not have any complex investments/dividends etc. Following are the queries that I have
- What are our options filing federal and state taxes? a) Can we file jointly or separately? b) What are the options filing for state taxes? (MA & CA)
- More concerned regarding the state taxes. How do we file our state taxes? Do we have to file in both the states? If we want to file jointly how would it work for the state of CA where my spouse has worked for half the year & for the state of MA?
- If we File as Married Filing Jointly in each state but only for the time lived there how would we report our income on the Tax Forms. Specifically lets say my spouse earned "S1" dollars in CA and "S2" dollars in MA and I earned "M" dollars in MA how would we report these incomes to each state? Thanks