topic My wife and I are retired and most of our income is my pension, SSA, and IRA. She worked for 7 weeks in 2020 as a self-employed contract RN. Should we file separately? in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-wife-and-i-are-retired-and-most-of-our-income-is-my-pension-ssa-and-ira-she-worked-for-7-weeks-in/01/2170067#M145939 Should my wife and I file separately?&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm retired, but she worked for only 7 weeks in 2020 as a contract RN? Sun, 04 Apr 2021 22:48:10 GMT Hugh213 2021-04-04T22:48:10Z My wife and I are retired and most of our income is my pension, SSA, and IRA. She worked for 7 weeks in 2020 as a self-employed contract RN. Should we file separately? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-wife-and-i-are-retired-and-most-of-our-income-is-my-pension-ssa-and-ira-she-worked-for-7-weeks-in/01/2170067#M145939 Should my wife and I file separately?&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm retired, but she worked for only 7 weeks in 2020 as a contract RN? Sun, 04 Apr 2021 22:48:10 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-wife-and-i-are-retired-and-most-of-our-income-is-my-pension-ssa-and-ira-she-worked-for-7-weeks-in/01/2170067#M145939 Hugh213 2021-04-04T22:48:10Z Re: My wife and I are retired and most of our income is my pension, SSA, and IRA. She worked for 7 weeks in 2020 as a self-employed contract RN. Should we file separately? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-my-wife-and-i-are-retired-and-most-of-our-income-is-my-pension-ssa-and-ira-she-worked-for-7-weeks/01/2170095#M145945 <P>No. You still file Joint.</P> Sun, 04 Apr 2021 23:00:15 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-my-wife-and-i-are-retired-and-most-of-our-income-is-my-pension-ssa-and-ira-she-worked-for-7-weeks/01/2170095#M145945 SweetieJean 2021-04-04T23:00:15Z Re: My wife and I are retired and most of our income is my pension, SSA, and IRA. She worked for ... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-my-wife-and-i-are-retired-and-most-of-our-income-is-my-pension-ssa-and-ira-she-worked-for/01/2170107#M145946 <P>No.&nbsp; &nbsp;You should file jointly.&nbsp; The married filing separately tax rates are very steep and cost you more tax.&nbsp; In most cases it is much better to file jointly.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can try the different ways with TurboTax's free calculator Taxcaster.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It will give you the estimated tax differences when filing either way.&nbsp;It's up-to-date with the latest tax laws and can estimate your 2021&nbsp;taxes as well.&nbsp; <A href="https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/" target="_blank">Click here for a link to Taxcaster.</A></P> Sun, 04 Apr 2021 23:05:46 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/re-my-wife-and-i-are-retired-and-most-of-our-income-is-my-pension-ssa-and-ira-she-worked-for/01/2170107#M145946 SamS1 2021-04-04T23:05:46Z