https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/married-and-filing-jointly-vs-married-and-filing-separately/01/82486#M35193 We take standard deductions and wife made 227,778.00 and I made 63,000.00.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are getting killed on taxes because earned income is over 250k.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm trying to see if filing married and separately but it keeps asking me about questions about my two dependents as if I'm separated or divorced. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:08:33 GMT tampagoods 2019-06-01T03:08:33Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/married-and-filing-jointly-vs-married-and-filing-separately/01/82486#M35193 We take standard deductions and wife made 227,778.00 and I made 63,000.00.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are getting killed on taxes because earned income is over 250k.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm trying to see if filing married and separately but it keeps asking me about questions about my two dependents as if I'm separated or divorced. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:08:33 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/married-and-filing-jointly-vs-married-and-filing-separately/01/82486#M35193 tampagoods 2019-06-01T03:08:33Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/it-s-rarely-beneficial-to-file-as-married-separate-but/01/82487#M35194 <P>It's rarely beneficial to file as married, separate, but it never hurts to run the numbers.&nbsp; If you claimed dependents, then yes, TurboTax asks several questions about the children to determine if they qualify as dependents.&nbsp; This is especially true when you have elected married, separate returns.&nbsp; Instead of changing your entries in TurboTax, I suggest using our TaxCaster to run your simulations.&nbsp; <A href="https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/" target="_blank">https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/</A><BR /></P><BR /> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 03:08:33 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/it-s-rarely-beneficial-to-file-as-married-separate-but/01/82487#M35194 RichardG 2019-06-01T03:08:33Z