Hi.
I have the same question, and I don't think Intuit understands what Turbo Tax is doing in the innocent and injured spouse section. One cannot get to the injured spouse questions without first going through innocent spouse. The first question is for what years one will file Innocent Spouse. There is no "None" selection, so adding no years is the only way to express "No".
Then a screen pops up which has a view of the 8857 form for Innocent Spouse, and it asks the taxpayer to fill out the form. The only way through is to click "Continue" without adding anything to the form. There is no "No" option. TT apparently cannot detect and process that no data was added and that the Innocent Spouse form is not relevant to the return.
The next stop is Injured Spouse, but there is no option to get rid of the phantom Innocent Spouse 'information'. The application thinks some data must be there for innocent spouse and that the form is simply incomplete.
I submit to you that there is no workaround; this is a flaw in the application programming that needs to be corrected. I believe I've had the issue in past years, too. I think Intuit should just submit a request for a change in the programming that would affect next year's taxes. The earlier the request goes in, the sooner it will be fixed. Some tax filer in some future year will benefit, but the request should be made now. It's not sufficient just to suggest some workarounds, discover they didn't help, and do nothing to change the application in the future.
Please request the change. Surely some programmer's ego must engage and he or she will be driven to correct the error.
Best regards,
Brett
