@99Jax We know you were trying to be helpful---but there are huge differences in what one can do using online software as opposed to using the CD/download. No, you cannot save an online return and then make a bunch of changes to it and then revert back to the original---it simply does not work that way.
And...comparing MFJ and MFS is tricky----when you file MFJ it takes one return. You cannot click around on that one return and change it into separate returns. There is a feature in the CD/download called the "what if" feature that comes closest to that. Otherwise, it really takes preparing three returns---a joint return, then a separate return for each of the spouses.....following all of the rules for MFS regarding itemizing and using standard deduction.
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