DMarkM1
Employee Tax Expert

Deductions & credits

No. You should be able to file jointly and claim the child dependent in TurboTax in spite of prior year filing. 

  1. Go back to the "My Info" section  
  2. Delete your dependent first 
  3. Click continue at the bottom of the page.  
  4. Click "My Info"
  5. Go back and edit your personal data 
  6. Select "Married Filing Jointly"
  7. Add/edit your spouse's info  
  8. Then "Add a dependent

Take note of how you answer the questions so that if it doesn't update to claim your son, you can repost with what you answered and someone will be able to better assist.

 

 

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