No. The IRS will not go after your personal accounts, but your joint tax refund is at risk of being garnished.
You may be able to qualify as an Injured Spouse and File Form 8379 along with your joint tax return, using TurboTax. For further clarification I have listed the qualifications of both injured spouses, and innocent spouses, below.
For completing an injured spouse form 8379:
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Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
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Click on Other Tax Situations
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Scroll down to Other Tax Forms
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On Miscellaneous Tax Forms, click on the start or update button
On the next screen, for ‘Report an injured or innocent spouse
claim’, click the start button.
You may
qualify as an Injured Spouse if both of the following are true:
-You are not personally required to pay the past-due debt.
-During the year in question, you had earned income that was
reported on a Form 1040, or had income taxes withheld from your pay, or made
estimated tax payments.
*If you believe you qualify as an Injured Spouse, file Form 8379 - Injured Spouse Allocation.
You
may qualify as an Innocent Spouse if all of the following are true:
-You filed a joint return.
-Your spouse or former spouse improperly reported income on the
joint return.
-When you signed the joint return, you did not know, and had no
reason to know, that the tax return was incorrect.
-Due to the circumstances, it would be unfair to hold you liable
for the unpaid taxes.
*If you believe you qualify as an Innocent Spouse, file Form
8857 - Request for Innocent Spouse Relief.
