谢谢一妮和hairfly1. 看上面的解释

Ohio：Our filing status to be consistent with your federal tax filing status.

NC：We may file a joint State return. We also have the option of filing your State return as married filing separately.

根据去年的经验，北卡的州税要比俄亥俄的高很多。我的问题是不是看看下面那个比较划算：

1 如果我们联合报税的话，

   a：交的税=联邦税 （2）+俄亥俄州税 （1 resident / 1 non-resident）+ 北卡州税 （1

        resident）

   b：交的税=联邦税 （2）+俄亥俄州税 （1 resident / 1 non-resident）+ 北卡州税 （1 resident

         +1    non-resident）

2 如果我们分开报税的话：

    交的税= 联邦税（1 ）+ 联邦税（1 ） +俄亥俄州税 （1 ）+ 北卡州税 （1）

一妮和hairfly1，或者大家能不能再跟我指点一下。万分谢谢。

sixer, I guess it depends on the difference between your incomes.

if your incomes have big differences, you might save you some if you file jointly. if your incomes are similar, no big different at federal level.

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I got your msg but my mail box is about to exceed its limit.

if you are nonresident filed as resident, I think you should be able to get the rebate.

however, this is a one-time shot and nobody has a reality check yet, I guess it is just a personal opinion.

we are also filing an H-1 and an F1.  We did federal jointly and here we can do state either married jointly or separately, they even have an option called married filing separately on combined return.  We are wondering because for federal, we filed as resident, can we file state both as resident or the F1 has to file as non-resident?

Thanks a lot!!!