https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/hi-my-husband-has-a-large-student-loan-debt-to-pay-off-it-will-take-our-entire-joint-refund-to-off/01/517478#M212012 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:00:05 GMT babyblue-lizzy 2019-06-05T03:00:05Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/hi-my-husband-has-a-large-student-loan-debt-to-pay-off-it-will-take-our-entire-joint-refund-to-off/01/517478#M212012 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:00:05 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/hi-my-husband-has-a-large-student-loan-debt-to-pay-off-it-will-take-our-entire-joint-refund-to-off/01/517478#M212012 babyblue-lizzy 2019-06-05T03:00:05Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/form-8379-lets-you-the-injured-spouse-get-back-your-p/01/517483#M212014 <P>Form 8379 lets you (the "injured spouse") get back your portion of a jointly-filed refund if it's seized or offset to pay your spouse's debt.</P><P>You must file jointly to use this form. Also, filing an 8379 will delay your federal refund by up to 14 weeks.</P><P>To file this form in TurboTax:</P><OL> <LI>Open your return. (To do this, sign in to TurboTax and click the&nbsp;<STRONG>Take me to my return</STRONG>&nbsp;button.)</LI> <LI>In the search box, type in "injured spouse"&nbsp;and then click the "Jump to" link in the search results.</LI> <LI>Answer&nbsp;<STRONG>Yes&nbsp;</STRONG>to&nbsp;<EM>Do you want to claim innocent or injured spouse relief?&nbsp;</EM>and carefully follow the onscreen instructions for Injured Spouse.</LI> </OL><P><STRONG>Note:</STRONG>&nbsp;Pay close attention to the screens, as some of them apply to&nbsp;<A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/GEN83881?legacy=true" target="_blank">innocent spouse relief</A>, which is something else. Leave those questions blank if you only want to claim&nbsp;<EM>injured</EM>&nbsp;spouse relief.</P> <P><B>You could choose to file Married Filing Separately</B>, if you do, you will not enter his income information in your return.&nbsp;However, if you live in a community property state, you do need to disclose the income and deductions being reported on the other spouse's return, per the instructions linked below:</P><P> </P><P> <A href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901162-married-filing-separately-in-community-property-states" target="_blank">https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1901162-married-filing-separately-in-community-property-states</A> </P> Wed, 05 Jun 2019 03:00:07 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/form-8379-lets-you-the-injured-spouse-get-back-your-p/01/517483#M212014 Heather14 2019-06-05T03:00:07Z