I am wondering if you are preparing the tax returns correctly. To file as married-separate in DC, you would enter two separate federal returns, one for each of you to generate the two separate state returns, then a third federal return for the joint federal filing. So, you wouldn't need to allocate any deductions between yourselves on the state return, that would already have been done when you prepared the federal return.
You can view your state return summary while working on your state return to see if your deductions are showing up as follows:
- Choose Tax Tools from your left menu bar in TurboTax Online while working in your program
- Choose Tools
- Choose View Tax Summary
- Choose the Back option in the left menu bar when you are done
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