I'm married, filing separately. My spouse and I have lived apart for the past 1+ year and we are in the process of divorcing in the state of MA. We have 1 dependent child for whom I am the custodial parent. Upon Turbotax desktop review it presented error: "Form 2441: MFS spouse earned income must be entered." I don't understand why my spouse's income needs to be entered or if I've made a selection elsewhere that caused this issue. Can someone please explain and provide some guidance? I would like not to have to reach out to my spouse as he is non-communicative.
I meet these requirements:
1) spouse lived apart for all of 2020
2) provided over half the cost of keeping up our home
3) child lived with me for all of 2020
Under my spouse's information section I selected:
1) that spouse lived apart during all of 2020
2) confirmed that the following did not apply to spouse a) had no income in 2020 b) will not file taxes for 2020
3) no one else can claim spouse as dependent in 2020
