If you are filing separately because the IRS or child support agency has a claim on 1 of your refunds, there's a way to keep the IRS from taking your refund to satisfy his debt..
You can file jointly and file an Injured Spouse Allocation Form 8379 with your return. To access that in TurboTax, type> form 8379, injured spouse <in the find (search) box. Then click find. Then click on Jump to…. You will be taken to questions about Innocent Spouse and Injured Spouse. Do not check anything on Innocent Spouse (that comes up first) and check the information on Injured Spouse.
