topic My son is going through a divorce and on his 2018 return he is filing as Married/Separate. How does he handle the Federal Tax refund from his 2017 return? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

My son is going through a divorce and on his 2018 return he is filing as Married/Separate. How does he handle the Federal Tax refund from his 2017 return?

jim-passmore — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 15:44:50 GMT

Handle is federal refund as in?

Vanessa — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 15:44:52 GMT

Handle is federal refund as in?

Sorry I was not clear enough. If on the 2017 return they...

jim-passmore — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 15:44:54 GMT

Sorry I was not clear enough. If on the 2017 return they filed Married/Joint and received a STATE tax refund what should he do about that amount as 2018 Income (sorry I said Federal Tax refund)? Should they each take half of that 2017 State Tax Refund as 2018 income?

Do they live in a community property state? Did they ite...

Vanessa — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 15:44:55 GMT

Do they live in a community property state? Did they itemize their return for 2017?

They do not live in a community property state. They did...

jim-passmore — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 15:44:57 GMT

They do not live in a community property state. They did itemize in 2017.

He can split it anyway he and his spouse agree to.

Zbucklyo — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 15:44:59 GMT

He can split it anyway he and his spouse agree to.