Form 8582 Home and Biz will not allow loss

[Jungledave]

I am having a problem with form 8582, allowing me to show a loss.   I have a multi family house, which I rent 1/2.

I was married last year and understand that you can not show a loss if married and filing separately,  I have filed married and filing jointly, but am still not allow to show a loss.  Form 8582 shows all the correct information, but it fills out part II as if married filing separately.  ie  line 5 is $150,000.  Software error or a, I missing something

Thanks in advance.

[KrisD15 · Accepted solution]

Form 8582 is 150,000 for filers filing Married Filing Jointly. 

Married Filling Separately may be restricted to 75,000.

If you read the line it says, “Enter $150,000. If married filing separately, see instructions”

According to the IRS:

Line 5. Married persons filing separate returns who lived apart from their spouses at all times during the year must
enter $75,000 on line 5 instead of $150,000.