topic The IRS does not care whose name appears first.&nbsp; However,... in After you file https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/the-irs-does-not-care-whose-name-appears-first-however/01/428995#M84400 <P></P><P>The IRS does not care whose name appears first.&nbsp; However, once you select which name is the 'Taxpayer' and which is the 'Spouse' the IRS wants you to keep the same sequence year after year.</P>TTax does not make is easy to simply reverse the order in which your name and your spouse's name appears on the tax return.&nbsp; There are numerous items that are referenced by 'name' spread through out the data file.&nbsp; If you miss changing one of them it will result in an incorrect tax return.<BR /><BR />Your only option would be to clear and start over.<BR /> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:39:09 GMT retiree 2019-06-04T21:39:09Z How do I change the order of names for married filing jointly after I have already entered all the information into turbo tax? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/how-do-i-change-the-order-of-names-for-married-filing-jointly-after-i-have-already-entered-all-the/01/428988#M84398 <P>In previous years we filed with my husband first. This year I switched to using TurboTax and it automatically put me first.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:39:07 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/how-do-i-change-the-order-of-names-for-married-filing-jointly-after-i-have-already-entered-all-the/01/428988#M84398 Ruvasc 2019-06-04T21:39:07Z The IRS does not care whose name appears first.  However,... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/the-irs-does-not-care-whose-name-appears-first-however/01/428995#M84400 <P></P><P>The IRS does not care whose name appears first.&nbsp; However, once you select which name is the 'Taxpayer' and which is the 'Spouse' the IRS wants you to keep the same sequence year after year.</P>TTax does not make is easy to simply reverse the order in which your name and your spouse's name appears on the tax return.&nbsp; There are numerous items that are referenced by 'name' spread through out the data file.&nbsp; If you miss changing one of them it will result in an incorrect tax return.<BR /><BR />Your only option would be to clear and start over.<BR /> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:39:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/after-you-file/discussion/the-irs-does-not-care-whose-name-appears-first-however/01/428995#M84400 retiree 2019-06-04T21:39:09Z