DO I HAVE TO ADD MY HUSBANDS W-2 IF HE MADE LESS THAN 5,000.00 FOR THE YEAR?

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February 4, 2024
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ADDING HIS W-2 BRINGS DOWN OUR RETURN AMOUNT

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rjs

Level 15

If you are married filing jointly you have to enter all of your income and your husband's income, no matter how little it is. You have to enter every W-2 that either of you received. There is no minimum amount for reporting W-2 income.

xmasbaby0

Level 15

Remember that his income was reported to the IRS with his SSN on it. Your joint tax return also has his SSN on it. The IRS expects the income you put on your tax return to match the income that was reported by the employers.

As for the effect on the refund---that is normal and you have to just accept that.

WHY DID MY REFUND GO DOWN WHEN I ADDED ANOTHER W-2?

You started off with your first W-2 and your refund looked high? Then you added another W-2 and it stopped looking so good? That is normal. When you added more income, your tax liability increased, so you saw your refund decrease. The program began by giving you your standard deduction—- which lowered your taxable income. (if you are filing joint it took $27,700 off your income right off the bat) So you are not being taxed on as much of the income on that first W-2. Then you added taxable income--so the refund went down. Your refund (or tax due) is based on the total of your income, not “per W-2.”

And…adding income may affect other credits you were getting like the earned income credit.

Wait until you have entered ALL of your income and credit/deduction information. You can't really tell anything until it is all entered. That “refund monitor” does not mean anything until everything has been entered.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2273878-why-did-my-refund-drop-when-i-entered-another-w-2

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