Vanessa A
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No, you do not need to check the box for more than one job when you are filing as married filing separately UNLESS you are in a community property state as that can affect your returns even when you file separately.

 

If you are not in a community property state and are each having an extra $20 taken from your checks, this should be enough to cover as filing MFS so you would not need to check box 2c. 

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