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If you are married and filing as Married Filing Jointly then your spouse's Social Security Disability benefits are reported on your joint tax return.
The Social Security Administration will send a Form SSA-1099 for the benefits received in January.
Up to 85% of Social Security Retirement/Disability/Survivors benefits becomes taxable when all your other income plus 1/2 your social security reaches:
To enter Social Security benefits reported on form SSA-1099
Or enter ssa-1099 in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to ssa-1099
Note that there is a special rule that says SS becomes taxable at zero ($0) other income when Filing as Married Filing Separately (MFS). The calculation is a little complicated. But, a simple answer is: she does not need to file is she has less than $12,000 income, including all her SS.
You may be thinking that filing MFS is going to save you money, because you don't have to add her income to your return. That thinking is usually wrong. The doubled standard deduction will wipe out all her income, on a joint return. But you will still get the use the lower joint filing rates.
Before making a decision to file as MFS, you should run test returns and compare. You can use this tool: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/?s=1
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