If my wife is a resident of California and I am a resident of Tennessee how do we file state taxes?
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April 12th, 2009
On our joint federal return, I have put my Nashville address as the main home. Though her main home is in Oakland. I have a W-2 from Nashville and she has a W-2 from California. On the online tax program I am using, the federal and state address line must be consistent. Tennessee is a tax-free state while California isn’t. What do I do? Do we need to file separately our federal and state forms?
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Were you recently married?
You are liable for taxes in the state that income was received and taxes paid.
Since Tennesee is a tax free state just use the CA address. Amend the reuturn on Federal form or change it to represent CA address.
Tennessee is a tax free state?!
How many tax-free states are there? and what taxes are not taxed?!
You shouldnt of waited till the last moment to do your taxes
@squirbel
ru hiding that cute little boy under an umbrella?
I think Florida is one too. No state income tax.
@squirbel: Tennessee is not a “tax-free state”. What SeventhSense was trying to say was that residents of Tennessee do not pay state income taxes per se. They still pay federal income taxes and also pay sales tax which includes taxes on food.
From wikipedia:
“Seven states choose to impose no state income tax. These states are Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Seven states choose to impose no income tax. These states are Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. Additionally, New Hampshire and Tennessee limit their state income taxes to dividends and interest income only.”
Well that’s useless then, my state taxes were like 60 bucks. I would’ve donated more willingly if they would work on some of these pot holes…
@seventhsense – that’s me, and i’m female! and my other avatar was me when I was little :o
@SeventhSense that’s not necessarily true. It varies by state. Some states force you to pay income tax if you were a resident of that state, even if you earned the income from another state. You need to check each state’s individual laws and rules.
@MrItty
I won’t argue with you. I have to renew my CPA license anyway…now what ceral box did I get that from? :)
My state, New York, is one of them. Have a look at http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pit/which_form_to_file_2008/do_i_have_to_file/q1.htm They ask exactly two questions before telling you you have to file NYS taxes: “Are you a full-year resident?” and “Did you have to file a Federal return”. If you answer yes to both, you have to file a New York State return, regardless of where your income came from.
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