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pras_padmini   1

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Hi,

I'm a US citizen and my wife came to the US last November on the IR1/CR1 visa. If there's any Massachusetts resident who brought their spouse over, what filing status do you use? Can we file as married filing jointly? She stays at home and doesn't have any income, so how can we file separately? But the tax instructions say that "A joint Form 1 is not allowed if both spouses were not Massachusetts residents for the same portion of 2010". My understanding is that for the federal return as long as we were married at the end of 2010, it doesn't matter that we lived apart or that only I had income.

Any tax advice?

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jkelly07   120

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it does not matter,if you got married in 2010, you can file your taxes as married, file your taxes married jointy, it'

s a better refund for you,and when the time comes it's good evidence for a bona marriege to remove conditions,

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