It may not have been your situation.....but....switched persons belonging to W-2 forms can also happen if the couple changes the order in which the taxpayer and spouse are listed on the Personal Info (or My Info ) page when there is an existing W-2 form in their file.
Changing the order of Taxpayer and spouse is not recommended since it can can also affect other forms too, unless the user rigorously removes all transferred, or currently entered forms to clear them out and restart all of them from scratch. (the IRS prefers that couples should not change the listing order of the spouses in their tax returns too.....it can result in significant delays in processing)
____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
