@huang8012 It is irrelevant on a joint return whether one spouse earned all of the income and the other did not earn a cent or if you earned equal amounts. All of the income on a joint return is combined. As VolvoGirl mentioned, the one difference might be the contribution that could be made to a retirement account.
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