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    Jan 17, 2011, 08:56 PM
    Married, work in two states: How to file
    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?
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    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.
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    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.
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