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Deductions & credits
@rnalves alright -- my mistake , somehow I got the impression that the property was sold in 2020 and needed to be recognized on your return for 2020. So the sale of the property is for the tax year 2021 and filed by April 2022. The answer by @DaveF1006 covers your options if you wanted to have some or all of the amounts held under FIRPTA returned to you early rather than in April of 2022. You can assert that because you and your wife ( a US person ) file jointly and meet the requirements for exclusion of capital gain on main home, ( Two years of ownership by either spouse and Use as main home by both spouse for at least 730 days , with a look back of five years from the date of sale of the property ) that this withheld amounts should be returned at earliest rather than wait for a year.
For 2020 tax year ( current filing ), your filing date is May 17th ( IRS has extended the filing date for all taxpayers because of COVID issues ) and because you are abroad , your joint filing date ( not paying date ) is June 15th without extension and October 15th with extension.
TurboTax supports preparation and filing of forms 1040 and so there is no need for you to go elsewhere.
Note that because you are married to a US person and was a resident for tax purposes, you can still file jointly with her--- just include a note signed by both of you that you would like to treat yourself as a US person for the tax year 2020.
Also because you are married to a US person, there are special visas available to you ( K visa) rather than wait for the Green Card to enter the USA
Hope this closes your query or do you need more on this ?
Chus
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