If you have already filed form 8379 with your return, correct Form 8379, write Revised at the top and mail it in to the IRS.
To get back into your return, after it has been e-filed, please follow these
steps:
- Click
on Visit My Tax Timeline.
- Under Some
Things You Can Do (below your 2015 return statuses), click
on Amend (change) return. [Don't worry, we're not
amending your return, this is just a way to re-enter your return since the
federal return has been filed and accepted.]
- Click
on Amend my return.
Once you are back in your return, you can prepare form 8379 in TurboTax by
using the following steps:
- Click on Federal
Taxes > Other Tax Situations [In TT Home &
Biz: Personal > Other Tax Situations]
- Scroll
down to the Other Tax Forms section and click on the Start/Update
box next to Miscellaneous Tax Forms. (See Screenshot
#1, below.)
- On the Miscellaneous
Tax Forms screen, click on the Start/Update box next to Report
an injured or innocent spouse claim. (Screenshot #2)
- On the Innocent
or Injured Spouse Relief screen, click on the Yes box.
- Don't make
any entries on the next 2 screens -- just click Continue.
[They apply to Innocent Spouse Relief.]
- On the
screen Let's See if You Qualify for Injured Spouse Relief, mark the
appropriate state box and click Continue. (Screenshot #3)
- If you
qualify for Injured Spouse Relief mark the No button for the
question Do you want to file this claim with your 2015 tax
return? Enter 2015 in the box and click Continue.
(Screenshot #4)
- Continue
through the rest of the interview, entering the requested
information. You will be asked to allocate income, exemptions, and
deductions between you and your spouse.
- When you
reach the screen, Your Claim Is Now Ready to Be Filed With Your Return,
click on the Print Form 8379 box. (Screenshot #5)
If you e-filed your return, mail it to the Internal Revenue Service Center
for the area where you live. The addresses can be found in the instructions
for the 1040.
For
additional information see the IRS Instructions
for Form 8379
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