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Thanks for clarifying the facts.

A multi-member LLC by default is taxed as a partnership.  No filing of the form 8832 UNLESS you want it treated as something else; ie: association taxed as a corporation which could then be either a regular corporation or you could elect S corporation status.

If you are in a non community property state, as you indicated you are,  a husband and wife LLC is taxed as a partnership and must file form 1065 until such time as it is no longer a multi-member LLC.

You were misinformed on the filing of a form 8832.  

If you were formed as a husband and wife partnership then you could have made an election to split the income and expenses and report one-half on a Schedule C for each of you.  No filing of form 8832 necessary.  You would just complete your tax return this way.  However, this is not an option when you are organized as an LLC.

Before you can complete your tax return you need to complete the form 1065, issue a K-1 to each of you, include these K-1's on your Schedule E and make sure you have not reported any of these earnings on a Schedule C.

Attached is a link to TT Business for the form 1065:

https://turbotax.intuit.com/small-business-taxes/

Attached is some commentary from the IRS on this matter:

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/election-for-married-couples-unincorpo...

Filing the form 8832 may or may not cause an issue.  Additionally, not sure how you completed this based on the questions on the form.  If you receive some correspondence from them, I would just respond that it was filed erroneously based on incorrect information.  Additionally, you may want to get a tax professional involved with the correspondence that can help draft the response.

*A reminder that posts in a forum such as this do not constitute tax advice.
Also keep in mind the date of replies, as tax law changes.

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