How does the two income marriage deduction work?

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Hello,

could someone please explain in detail what the two income marriage deduction is? While doing our taxes the following came up:

Allocate Federal Amounts to my husband (what does that even mean?)

Taxable State Refunds - Total $0 - husband (with a blank space to enter $ amount)

Child and Dependent Care Expenses - Total $3,000 - husband (with a blank space to enter $ amount)

I am not sure what to enter, or should I even enter anything or leave blank and move on with the automatically calculated dollar amount of $1,200 on the previous page regarding the two income marriage deduction?

Any insight would be super helpful - thank you!

JohnB5677

Alumni - Intuit

We'd love to help you complete your tax return but need more information. Can you please clarify your question?

What state do you live in?

Is it a community property state?

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ladydebs85Author

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Maryland

ThomasM125

Alumni - Intuit

The two income deduction is a tax deduction on the Maryland return when both spouses have income. You need to enter the amount of each item listed that belongs to each spouse. If you share an item equally, you can just divide it by two.

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