What do I do?

Cash2Credit — Sun, 16 May 2021 13:15:40 GMT

My husband is self employed and I work for a private organization and received a W-2. I usually file married/ separately using turbo tax but we want to file together now. Can we file together using Turbo tax?

Re: What do I do?

xmasbaby0 — Sun, 16 May 2021 13:20:16 GMT

You you can file a joint return using TurboTax ---you have a very common situation. Since one of you has self-employment income you need to use the online Self-employed version ( or any CD/Download version) so that the self-employment income can be entered correctly and the Schedule C for business expenses can be prepared. That version can easily accommodate any other kind of income like the W-2 income you need to enter.

To begin a new joint return on TurboTax:

You will not be able to merge two previous TT account to start your new joint return. You can transfer ONE of your 2019 returns into a new return, so choose the most complicated one. The other spouse’s information needs to be entered manually.

When you enter your own information in My Info, you have to answer the question "Were you married?" If you click the button for Married, then a drop down will appear that asks, "Do you want to file this return together with your spouse?" Then you choose yes to file a joint return. You would then enter your spouse's information into My Info. Whenever you are entering income information there should then be a spot for you and for your spouse's income information. Income screens will have spots with each spouse’s name—be careful to enter under the correct names.

topic What do I do? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax

What do I do?

Re: What do I do?