Were you the spouse or the primary taxpayer last year? If you were the primary, use the same account and just tell TurboTax you don't want to file with your spouse and it will change your filing status to MFS. If you were the spouse, you can either create a new account or you can make yourself the primary taxpayer on the same account you used last year. Depending on what forms transfer in to this year's returns, one option will be easier than the other.
I went through your situation about 4 years ago and I opted to use the same account. I went through the tax return and changed all of the ''spouse'' forms to ''taxpayer'' and I deleted all my spouse's (taxpayer) forms. Once I did that, I deleted the spouse info and updated the primary taxpayer to reflect my information. Then all of my income forms were there. But you can certainly create a new account. That may be an easier option....
You said it would not let you change your filing status - you can't change your filing status in TurboTax - you need to click on your marital status. Choose Married, then TurboTax will ask if you wan to file with your spouse - Say NO, and your filing status will change to MFS.
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