And if you live in a community property state (Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, or Wisconsin) then the 8779 will not protect the community part of the refund - but filing separately in a community property state is even worse since you must allocate income between both spouses.
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