View Full Version : Married, work in two states: How to file
 
 bj9rice
Jan 17, 2011, 08:56 PM
My wife moved from Oregon to Colorado in April.  I moved from Oregon to Colorado in December.  My wife has 3 months of OR income, and 9 months of CO income.  I have 11 months of OR income and 1 month of CO income.  Can we file joint Federal and State returns?
 MukatA
Jan 18, 2011, 12:27 AM
Yes, you can file joint return.
For OR you are resident for 11 months and your wife is resident for 3 months. Report incomes earned while in OR.
Similar approach for CO.
 ebaines
Jan 18, 2011, 08:06 AM
Just to make it clear - you file as part-year residents in both OR and CO.  You'll see on the forms that for each state you report your full year income, and allocate a portion of your income as being sourced in that state and hence taxable by that state.