Bruce92
New Member

Switching from filing married joint to separate caused huge increase in taxes due

When I switched from married filing jointly to separate, my tax I owe increased from $500 to $10,000!   I'm getting a divorce and my wife won't cooperate to file and it might be my only option to do it separate.  Why would it have jumped up so much?   She doesn't work at all, except a couple hundred dollars of income from some art work.