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When filing my current 2019 federal, what year do I enter from the Spouse agi since we are married filing separate?

mim5000 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:22:40 GMT

Re: When filing my current 2019 federal, what year do I enter from the Spouse agi since we are married filing separate?

DoninGA — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:24:04 GMT

If you filed as Married Filing Jointly in 2018 then you enter the same 2018 AGI for both of you.

Re: When filing my current 2019 federal, what year do I enter from the Spouse agi since we are married filing separate?

mim5000 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:30:38 GMT

We filed married filing separate last year. The turbo tax tech tells my wife she needs to enter my AGI from my 2019 return. I entered my spouse's AGI from 2018. What is correct? I am now confused

Re: When filing my current 2019 federal, what year do I enter from the Spouse agi since we are married filing separate?

DoninGA — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:35:29 GMT

@mim5000 wrote:

We filed married filing separate last year. The turbo tax tech tells my wife she needs to enter my AGI from my 2019 return. I entered my spouse's AGI from 2018. What is correct? I am now confused

Since you both filed as Married Filing Separately in 2018 then you would enter the 2018 AGI from your 2018 tax return on your 2019 tax return and she would enter the 2018 AGI from her 2018 tax return on her 2019 tax return.

Re: When filing my current 2019 federal, what year do I enter from the Spouse agi since we are married filing separate?

mim5000 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:45:07 GMT

The turbo tax form is asking to enter the spouse' AGi and not our own AGI.

Re: When filing my current 2019 federal, what year do I enter from the Spouse agi since we are married filing separate?

DoninGA — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:51:38 GMT

@mim5000 wrote:

The turbo tax form is asking to enter the spouse' AGi and not our own AGI.

Which tax return, yours or hers, is asking for the spouse AGI? If you filed separately you do not have an 'our' AGI. You only have yours and she only has hers.