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Hello again MD,

Since the letter you received was from the county where you home is located in MD, and not from the state of MD, then for tax pruposes, the state of MD would not consider you a nonresident at this point based on that letter. Correspondence that you receive from the county that relates to your property taxes is not correlated with state information on your residency for tax purposes.

I agree that you should still show MD as your residence on that form. You should perhaps attach an explanation that the home in MD is still the primary residence of your husband and children, and explain that the mail was only forwarded because of your temporary absence.

But for tax purposes, you can still file a return with the state of MD this year. You will also file a return with the state of CT as a non resident. Your first tax obligation will be to CT where your earned income was from. You will then report that same income on your MD return, but MD will allow you a credit for the tax already paid to CT, and therefore you will have no double taxation at the state level.

If you have never actually worked in NY but you were having NY taxes withheld, you will also have to file a non resident return with NY to request a refund of those taxes.

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Thank you MD and let me know if you have more questions. I am happy to help you with whatever I can.

Expert:	Merlo
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Answered:	9/12/2009

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