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Can I have my own account? My wife passed away almost two years ago,, yet it’s still in her name.. it’s under my email account but we started with her name

 
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Can I have my own account? My wife passed away almost two years ago,, yet it’s still in her name.. it’s under my email account but we started with her name

Very sorry for your loss.   Yes, you should now have your own account.  For the year that your spouse passed, you could use that account and file a joint return.  But if you are now filing as Single, you need your own account and user ID.   It is too difficult to remove the spouse's information from an account that was used for joint returns, and it will cause too many errors for you.

 

 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/using-turbotax/help/how-do-i-start-another-return-in-turbotax-onli...

 

https://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/tax-planning-2/tax-implications-for-taxpayers-who-have-lost-a-spous...

 

**Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to offer the most correct information possible. The poster disclaims any legal responsibility for the accuracy of the information that is contained in this post.**

Can I have my own account? My wife passed away almost two years ago,, yet it’s still in her name.. it’s under my email account but we started with her name

You will need to create a new account with a new User ID.

Go to this TurboTax website and click on Sign up in the upper right of the screen - https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/file-your-own-taxes/

 

You can have the same email address for up to 5 different TurboTax accounts.

Can I have my own account? My wife passed away almost two years ago,, yet it’s still in her name.. it’s under my email account but we started with her name

Make sure you download every PDF file of each tax return you filed under her account, and back them up offline on a USB flash drive.

 

At some time in the future, you might lose access to those older files, and it may help if you have the actual files in your possession as PDF files.   They only go back 7 years, and TTX takes one older year PDF off that account in each succeeding tax year.

____________*Answers are correct to the best of my knowledge when posted, but should not be considered to be legal or official tax advice.*
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