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Turbotax seems to think I'm still married

p4quilts — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:35:46 GMT

I've used TurboTax for years and it carries some things over year after year. My husband died in 2024, and I filed jointly that year and entered the information that he had passed away and when. I'm now working on my 2025 taxes and entering my status as widowed filing single. For some of the pensions (including one which was always mine), TurboTax keeps treating things as if the belong to my spouse. Admittedly this current one I'm working on was mine last year when I was the spouse. But it asking me questions like "did my spouse live abroad in 2025." How do I get it to stop this nonsense?

Re: Turbotax seems to think I'm still married

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:39:47 GMT

So sorry for your loss. For 2025, since you are now filing as Single, you need to start a new account with a new user ID. Using the old account that was used for your previous joint returns will cause all kinds of errors for you, because of all the embedded information from your late spouse.

Keep a record of how to access the old account in case you ever need to look at information from past years---the returns will be saved for seven years.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-start-another-return-in-turbotax-online/00/25596

https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/file-your-own-taxes/

Re: Turbotax seems to think I'm still married

p4quilts — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:37:01 GMT

Well, I guess I can start a new account. But I've just spent hours putting this year's data into the old account. Do I need to do it all over again, or can export/import some of it over or something?

Re: Turbotax seems to think I'm still married

p4quilts — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:38:57 GMT

How do I start a new account? I'm using the desktop (Windows) version.

Re: Turbotax seems to think I'm still married

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:39:15 GMT

@p4quilts So sorry----but you cannot move any of that information into a new 2025 return. You will need to start over.

Re: Turbotax seems to think I'm still married

xmasbaby0 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:41:26 GMT

With desktop you go up to your toolbar and click on File and then New Tax Return to start a new return. When it asks if you want to transfer a 2024 return into the new return--say no.