Here’s how to update this in TurboTax Online:
- Select Tax Home in the left pane
- Select My Info
- Select Edit next to your spouse's name
- On the Your spouse's personal info screen, scroll down and answer No to Another taxpayer can claim my spouse as a dependent on their tax return
- Select Continue
If you're in the Desktop version, the process is similar:
- Select PERSONAL INFO in the banner
- Select Continue
- Select Edit next to your spouse's name
- Select Continue on the [Your spouse's] Info screen
- On the Do Any of These Apply to [your spouse] screen, scroll down and unselect the box next to Another taxpayer can claim [your spouse] as a dependent on their tax return
- Select Continue