HanaBothWays t1_ja15dwm wrote on February 26, 2023 at 1:44 AM

Off the top of my head I would say you do “married, filing separately” if you maintain different residences.

A lot of tax filing software/services can probably help you with this as they ask you questions like whether you and your spouse live separately.

Friendly-Growth1903 OP t1_ja18wr4 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:12 AM

We were thinking that, then if we move to VA say in Oct to be closer to his base, I’d file two returns (DC and VA) and then try to start the following year declaring with his home state residency for the next year. We will have at least another two moves ahead of us so it’d be great to get on the same page and just file jointly.

HanaBothWays t1_ja1apfq wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:26 AM

If you use tax filing software or a filing service they can account for this kind of situation (where you got married this year and one of you moved).

I know that bases have some kind of support service for military families (the name escapes me right now) that your fiancé can ask for help with this kind of thing.

Friendly-Growth1903 OP t1_ja1c6ng wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:38 AM

Thank you!

jerthro t1_ja1erwp wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:58 AM

If you got married this year you can file all of your income with his state (married filing jointly). It does not matter if you married in January or December of '23. If you already paid/pay DC taxes as part of your paycheck, you will file with DC to get those taxes back. All of the local bases have free tax help or access to a free financial advisor if you're concerned.