(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a married couple who files a joint federal income tax return shall file a joint Maryland income tax return.
(b) A married couple who files a joint federal income tax return may file separate State income tax returns if:
(1) one spouse is a resident and the other spouse is a nonresident;
(2) the spouses are domiciled, or maintain principal places of abode, in different counties on the last day of the taxable year;
(3) the spouses have different taxable periods; or
(4) the Comptroller determines circumstances warrant.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 8 - Returns and Declarations
Part II - Returns and Declarations Generally
Section 10-804 - Requirements Generally; Checkoff; Fractional Part of Dollar
Section 10-804.1 - Corporations and Corporate Group Returns
Section 10-805 - Individual Returns -- Residents
Section 10-806 - Individual Returns -- by Nonresident
Section 10-807 - Individual Returns -- Joint or Separate Return
Section 10-808 - Individual Returns -- by Person on Behalf of Individual
Section 10-809 - Individual Returns -- by Individual Not Required to File
Section 10-810 - Corporation Return -- in General
Section 10-811 - Corporation Return -- Affiliated Corporations
Section 10-812 - Corporation Return -- Exempt Corporations
Section 10-813 - Fiduciary Return
Section 10-814 - Partnership Return
Section 10-815 - Individual Declaration of Estimated Tax
Section 10-816 - Corporation and Partnership Declaration of Estimated Tax
Section 10-817 - Withholding Returns