The return your spouse prepared will have to be amended. When you (or he) amend it, all of your income must be added to that return. Understand that since you are filing a joint return with your spouse, the refund might not be exactly the same amount you were seeing when you prepared returns for yourself using "single" filing status. You have not mentioned what income your spouse received. You only say he owed zero and was getting no refund.
The amended return must be done using the account and user ID that your spouse used when he prepared the return. You have to work from the original return exactly as it appeared when it was filed.
Perhaps you should be the one to use the account he used and do the amendment since you seem to be more tax savvy. 🙂
See this TurboTax support FAQ for amending a tax return - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-change-correct-return-a...
When you are entering information for a joint return, there will be spots on the income entry screens for each spouse by name. If you click Add W-2, it should give you spots to choose which name to enter the income under; same thing with any sort of 1099--- it will show you spots for each spouse's name.
Unfortunately, it takes the IRS a long time to process an amended return, so you are going to have a wait for your refund. It can take them four to six months to process an amended return. If the federal return was e-filed, you should be able to e-file the amended return.
Then....
You can watch for information here:
https://www.irs.gov/Filing/Individuals/Amended-Returns-(Form-1040-X)/Wheres-My-Amended-Return-1
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