My wife didn't work in NJ for 2024. But her income is being counted for NJ state taxes for 2024. How do I edit NJ's income to count only my income and exclude her income?

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April 14, 2025
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Best answer by KeshaH

You would file as Married Filing Separately, not Single. To change your filing status on your NJ return, make sure that I am not filng with the same marital status as I used on my Federal return is checked on the Other situations that may apply to you screen.

Mike9241

where is she domiciled (her permanent home/resi)? If it's NJ, she's a resident and it taxes their resident's the earnings of those working in other states.

link to NJ instructions

https://www.nj.gov/treasury/taxation/pdf/current/1040i.pdf

Married/Civil Union Couples. If you are married and file
a joint federal return, you must also file a joint New Jersey
return. If you file separate federal returns, you must also file
separate State returns. However, if you are a partner in a civil
union, your filing status for New Jersey may not match your
federal filing status.
If one spouse was a nonresident during the entire tax year and
the other spouse was a resident during any part of the tax year,
the resident can file a separate New Jersey return. The resident
calculates income and exemptions as if a federal married, filing
separate return had been filed. You have the option of filing a
joint return, but in that case, your joint income would be taxed
as if you both were residents.

abhijaypatneAuthor

She was domiciled in WA state in 2024 and continues to stay in WA in 2025. I was domiciled in NJ for the entire year and worked in NY state.

We both work in the private sector, so not a part of any civil union.

> If one spouse was a nonresident during the entire tax year and
the other spouse was a resident during any part of the tax year,
the resident can file a separate New Jersey return. The resident
calculates income and exemptions as if a federal married, filing
separate return had been filed.

Does that mean I (resident) can file as "single" and only include my income? If yes, how do I edit my income in Turbotax online app such that it only counts my income during tax calculation?

I restarted my NJ state tax and tried selecting different options: "single", "married filing separate return" and "married filing jointly" but in all the cases I saw combined income. I didn't see an option to only count single income for NJ state. How do I change the income calculated?