Do NOT change the order of the names on a joint tax return or you will have a big mess on your hands. You need to stay consistent with past joint returns you have prepared and filed, and keep the names on the Form 1040 in the same order in which they have been shown in the past.
So----if your name is listed first on your 2022 tax return, you keep it that way for 2023. Wife stays listed second after your name. Every income screen will have spots with each name on it, so you just have to be careful about whose name you are entering the income under.
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