I should be getting back arounf $2000.00 in returns total and once I add my husbands W2 it goes down to only $33.00. This is our first year married.

[SeanE1 · Accepted solution]

This makes sense because with just your income you were in a lower tax bracket and when you entered your husband's income, (W-2) you went into a higher tax bracket.  The higher the income the higher the taxes and when you have higher taxes it decreases the refund that your program initially calculated with just your income.

In addition, you may want to ask your husband about the number of exemptions that he is claiming on his W-4 at work. The more exemptions on a W-4 means that less taxes will be withheld from paychecks throughout the year, but come tax time, (April 15) the tax bill will be higher than it would if there were 0 exemptions on the W-4. 

[randiwitt13]

Would it be worth maybe filing separate then?

[SeanE1]

You can prepare you and your husband's tax returns with filing status of married filing separately, and then add the tax owed or refunds calculated from both separate returns and compare that number to the tax refund of $33 that was calculated on your married filing jointly return to see which way is more favorable to the both of you.