My husband and I both lived in Michigan until June, since June my husband has lived and worked in Georgia only coming home for visits. We have always filed taxes jointly. How do we go about it this time?
(a) You still file the federal return as MFJ ( Married Filing Joint ) covering you and your husband's world income.
(b) For Michigan, You file joint income ( MFJ )covering you for the whole year and your husband while a Michigan resident ( his world income till leaving Michigan )
(c) Your husband then files a Part-Year Resident return ( MFS ) in Georgia covering his world earnings while a resident of Georgia.
I am assuming here that 1. He is a Georgia resident ---- having lived there for 183 full or part days; 2. He is domiciled / Driver's ,license etc. in Georgia ; 3. He is having Georgia employment taxes being withheld; 4. Michigan does not have a Reciprocity agreement with Georgia; 5. For Household resources computation for MI Homestead credit , Michigan will probably insist that his Georgia income must be included but one could argue ( win or not ) that he is able to contribute ONLY XXX because he is having to maintain a separate household in Georgia.
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