I got married at the end of March of 2024. I first changed myself to head of house hold prior to getting married. On our marriage date, I moved it to married filing jointly, but then I changed it in September to married. I am worried that I will have to file jointly as I didn't fully understand the ramifications. My wife did not work all of 2024 so I am going to have us "file separately" because the joint married would have us with a standard deduction of $30k which means I would owe close to $10k in taxes.
My question is that even though it says Married for my filing status with my employer, can I still choose married but filing separately at the time of taxes?
