Injured spouse

Captanbruzerbean · ‎July 21, 2021

I want to file injured spouse for my wife because I owe back taxes from before we was married. I am on a payment plan for it. They added our taxes we owed together from 2019. Can she still file injured spouse because technically she is responsible for 763 of the 13000

NateTheGrEAt · ‎July 21, 2021

Hi Captanbruzerbean,

One of the requirements to qualify as an injured spouse is that the person is not liable for the debt. Your wife would not be an injured spouse with respect to a joint tax debt from a joint return you two filed in a previous year. She could potentially qualify as an injured spouse for taxes owed solely by you from before you were married.

I hope this helped to answer your question. Please feel free to ask if there's anything else you are wondering about.

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