My husband and I have filed MFJ in the past. We are considering filing MFS this year. He is on SSDI and I have a W2. We have 3 dependents, which 2 were eligible for the advance child tax payments. We received the full amount of payments and 3rd stimulus checks. When entering for the MFS, it ask for the amounts we received. If I split them up based on what our letters say, then it tries to give me the remaining amount that he received. What is the correct way to report both of these since it says to only report the amount you received. I'm not trying to get the extra amount, just wanting to see which filing option is the best for our situation. I am familiar with not being able to get certain credits when you file separate but we don't qualify for any of those anyway so that is not an issue.
