New York Form IT-280 Nonobligated Spouse Allocation is filed if you do not want to apply your part of a joint refund or refundable credit to a debt solely-owned by your spouse.

You should file Form IT-280 if you want to disclaim your spouse's:

• defaulted governmental education,
• state university or city university loan,
• past-due support liability, or
• past-due legally enforceable debt to a NYS agency or NYC tax warrant judgement debt.

To enter information for this form:

1. From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop), click State, then click New York (or NY). On smaller devices, click in the upper left-hand corner, then click State.
2. Click Miscellaneous Topics in the New York Quick Q&A Topics menu to expand, then click Form IT-280 - Nonobligated Spouse Allocation.
3. Continue with the interview process to enter all of the appropriate information.

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