topic My husband was incarcerated in march and will be serving seven years how can I file my taxes without him on there even though we are married and filed together last year in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-husband-was-incarcerated-in-march-and-will-be-serving-seven-years-how-can-i-file-my-taxes-without/01/3728897#M1382265 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:07:40 GMT giselledelacruz10623 2026-01-20T13:07:40Z My husband was incarcerated in march and will be serving seven years how can I file my taxes without him on there even though we are married and filed together last year https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-husband-was-incarcerated-in-march-and-will-be-serving-seven-years-how-can-i-file-my-taxes-without/01/3728897#M1382265 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:07:40 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-husband-was-incarcerated-in-march-and-will-be-serving-seven-years-how-can-i-file-my-taxes-without/01/3728897#M1382265 giselledelacruz10623 2026-01-20T13:07:40Z Re: My husband was incarcerated in march and will be serving seven years how can I file my taxes without him on there even though we are married and filed together last year https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-husband-was-incarcerated-in-march-and-will-be-serving-seven-years-how-can-i-file-my-taxes/01/3728926#M1382278 <P>You can still file a joint return with your spouse even while he is incarcerated---as long as he agrees to joint filing. &nbsp; Filing a joint return is better for you, so that you get the higher MFJ standard deduction on your tax returns, making less of your income taxable.</P> Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:03 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-husband-was-incarcerated-in-march-and-will-be-serving-seven-years-how-can-i-file-my-taxes/01/3728926#M1382278 xmasbaby0 2026-01-20T13:57:03Z