I was divorced this year, and I need to file taxes for 2024 (we were still married in 2024 but we are filing now as married filing separate). My spouse had only social security income (about 22,800) and I took a distribution from an IRA (18,500 and I had no other income). When I am preparing the return, Turbotax asked if I was married and I said yes, it also asked if I was filing with her or without her. I answered without her and it has my status as married filing separate. It never asked for her income.
Do I need to enter her income under the personal income section? If not, how do I put 1/2 of her income as an "adder" since not all of her income would be taxable (maybe none would be). If she only put her income on her MFS return, then she would have no taxable income since she had no other income.
Also, I assume that I would have to put 1/2 of the 18,500 as a "subtracter" (in the community property section on my return) since the IRA distribution was from a community property IRA.
Thanks for any help with this.
