WHY TURBO TAX ADDED MY WAGE AND MY WIFE'S WAGE THEN ADDED MY WIFE'S AGAIN IN TOTAL WAGES?

[APRAD0929]

Hello Expect for the last year and this year its kind of surprising that we both owed the FED around $7k of Fed Tax. Though it was just my wife who had a salary increase from 2022 and in 2023 both of us had salary increase.

Anyway this year while prepping our taxes again using TT, We ended up paying $7K in fed tax again and on TT explanation why do I owe $7K? 

Turbo tax said" Your filing status is married filing jointly and your income came from wages of $175,xxx for you and $96,xxx for your spouse for total wages of $272,xxx... and I was like this is so wrong. Our total wages is only $175,xxx (both me and my wife) why did TT added another $96,xxx (my wife's wages) to our total wages which is $175,xxx??? This thing didn't prompt me last year I filed and ended paying the FED w/ $7K extra taxes. 

Please help.

Thank you.

[xmasbaby0]

Look in Federal>wages & Income --- it sounds like you entered one of the W-2's twice and you need to delete one of the entries.

[VolvoGirl]

Go back and delete all the W2s and re enter them manually.  Be sure to assign each one to the right spouse.  

It's easy to remove a W-2.

1. Open or continue your return.
2. Search for W-2 using the search in the upper right corner and then click the Jump to link in the search results.
3. This brings you to the Here's your W-2 info screen. Click the trash can icon next to the unwanted W-2 and then answer Yes on the following screen.

To Add a W2 enter it under

Federal Taxes on the left side

Wages & Income  

Then Wages and Salaries- Click the Start or Update button

Then if you are married you should have 2 buttons...Add w-2 for (taxpayer name) and Add w-2 for (spouse name). Click on the correct button to add a W-2.