Calling income tax gurus?

JHS
Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:38:40 +0000

In general, yes: If you file separate returns, he will only report his income, and as long as you are not a New York resident, and you have no New York income, only his income will be subject to New York state tax. I don’t know that much about New York taxes, but it may well be the case that rate brackets and exemptions change if you are a married person filing a separate return – that’s how it works for federal income tax – so the savings may be less than you think. Plus, if you have New York state income – from your job there before you leave, or maybe from real estate you own jointly with your husband, things like that – you will have to file a New York non-resident return (separately from your husband) and pay New York taxes on that. But there should be substantial savings if you are no longer a New York resident and the bulk of your income is outside New York, certainly enough to justify the additional cost and headache of filing separate state returns.