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After you file
You can split jointly owned savings and investments assigning percentage of ownership to each spouse and disclosing same in the explanation of changes field on the Form 1040-X.
You want to be clear on this as the brokerage likely has reported the earnings to the IRS under only one social security number.
Use language like "Joint ownership with X% reported here and Y% reported under so and so with social security number ###-##-####."
Your amended returns need to be filed by the May 17th filing deadline - after that date amending to changed from Married Filing Jointly to Married Filing Separately will no longer be allowed.
March 31, 2021
10:17 AM