Retirement tax questions

Since you live in Texas and Texas is a community property state, it's unlikely that filing Married Filing Separately will be better than jointly. 

This is because in a community property state each spouse is considered to make 1/2 of ALL the income, even if one spouse earned it all. In  your case this means that you would report 1/2 of your spouse's income ($10k) and 1/2 of your income ($75), and she would do the same. 

Here is some additional information for you as well: 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3301943

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