why is income doubled?

My wife and I are both 100% foreign income, subject to foreign tax paid, as foreign residents. I enter her income. It looks like the right amount. I go to exclude only her income under the foreign income exclusion. The software her income as double what I entered. And the exclusion is said to be that doubled amount. Now I go on to enter the foreign tax credit for my income. The software states a total income for both of us using her doubled figure. And it only allows me about half of the tax I paid for the tax credit. This is the worst garbage software I've used in my life. I've wasted hours and $100+ to now have to delete all this crap and start over on all the forms by myself. Wasted time. Wasted money. Totally worthless.

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