Adjusted Gross Income

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March 12, 2020
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I am trying to file the taxes for my son and his wife. I keep having them rejected due to the AGI. The system wants my sons AGI, or his wife's from 2018. I don't have that, but I do have their combined AGI. The system won't take that. How do I get their separate AGI's if they foiled jointly?

mesquitebean

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@ Mud Puppy wrote:

"I am trying to file the taxes for my son and his wife. I keep having them rejected due to the AGI. The system wants my sons AGI, or his wife's from 2018. I don't have that, but I do have their combined AGI. The system won't take that. How do I get their separate AGI's if they foiled jointly?"

For a 2018 joint return the 2018 AGI's for both spouses are the same. i.e., if they filed jointly in 2018, you use the same total AGI for both. Do not divide it or otherwise allocate it.

Use the 2018 AGI from the original 2018 return, not an amended one. Look at the return and be sure you are using the correct figure. It's on Page 2, Line 7 of the 2018 Form 1040. (On the printed 2018 form, Pages 1 and 2 actually print on the same side of the page.)

If they filed real late in the year, such as after mid-November 2019, you would need to use an AGI of 0 for each.