dmertz
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Deductions & credits

There is only one MAGI on a joint tax return and that includes the income of both spouses.  That is accommodated by spouses filing jointly having a substantially higher deduction phaseout range that do single filers.

 

To have separate MAGIs, the spouses would have to file separately, but then the deduction phaseout would happen between $0 and $10,000 of MAGI, so filing separately would make no sense to do.

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