When filing jointly, do we both submit jointly or just one of us?

 

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A joint return is ONE tax return for BOTH of you with all of both incomes.

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you are going to file ONE  returns..... with your collective income represented on that ONE return

 

do not set up two returns and report your collective income on both returns - bad result that way