That is helpful, thank you. The thing is that I am the working spouse and my income pays for everything in our household. My husband worked one month of PT Uber ridesharing. He needs to file and pay taxes on the $2K gross earnings, but other than that, he did not donate or pay out of his income our mortgage, taxes, tuition, child expenses, etc. So, when you say he needs to "itemize" too I just don't know what he's itemize other than just a super straightforward 1040 basically to pay his taxes on the Uber earnings. Yes, we do have a joint checking so I suppose that would appear that we funded it jointly but our earnings would signify otherwise. And, if we split the property and mortgage interest then I guess I could see how that impacts my return and how much I have to pay.
