If my spouse filed our taxes, do I still need to file my taxes seperatley ?

[suzyleinani-gmai]

I got married in 2023, my husband filed under married joint taxes. I don't know if I am supposed to file or that's all that needs to be done. I received an email from TurboTax stating to file my taxes, but my husband already filed so I don't know if I'm supposed to file or not.

[DoninGA]

If your 2023 tax return was filed as Married Filing Jointly, then you do Not file a separate tax return.

[VolvoGirl]

No you do  not file separately.  A Joint return is one return combined for the both of you.  Did he enter all your income and deductions, etc.  on the Joint return?  

[suzyleinani-gmai]

I figured that was right, but I received an email from turbo tax stating to finish filing my taxes. It's the first time I'm seeing this and I don't want to get penalized for anything. 

[rjs]

When TurboTax sees an account that has not filed, it doesn't know that the person has filed jointly in another account. Just ignore the reminders from your old single account. But do make sure that your husband included your income and other information in the joint return that he filed.

[xmasbaby0]

Yes----sometimes newlyweds filing their first joint tax returns get confused and kind of mess it up.  Make sure that your spouse entered ALL of your income and his own income on that same tax return.   If the joint return was prepared correctly, you are done and have nothing else to file.  The joint return took care of both of you.   Your old account might be generating messages, but you can ignore those messages if you filed a joint return.  Going forward, you will file jointly with your spouse.  Keep a record of how to access your old account just in case you ever need to look at a past return you filed when you were single, but you will not file returns from that account any more.

[ShannonNac]

I just got married and didn’t know that I needed to file only one tax return if filing jointly and me and my wife both filed and filed jointly and both got rejected so how do I unfile her taxes and refile mine so that it’s combined. 

[CatinaT1]

If it was rejected, it wasn't filed. You can just abandon that return.

[ShannonNac]

Thanks I tried that already and I don’t know if there was confusion on the IRS end because I refliled and left my wife’s account sit and mine got rejected again. And CC is notifying me my identity might be at risk. Probably because of my wife’s account.  

[CatinaT1]

Are you sure her return didn't go through? What was your reject for?

[ShannonNac]

Originally she filed her taxes on accident as married filing separately then we waited for it to get accepted and then got it amended to be filing jointly now the system is broken and won’t let me file as head of household jointly. 

[CatinaT1]

You amended her Married Filing Separately return to Married Filing Jointly? If that's what you do, you do not need to file another return. You can not use Head of Household filing status if you are married, unless you do not live together, as well as other requirements.

[rjs]

@ShannonNac 

You said you "just got married." Were you married before the end of 2024? If you "just got married" in 2025 you are not allowed to file jointly for 2024.

[ShannonNac]

We amended her return because we needed to cancel her return all together that’s why we amended it. Also nobody told us we had to literally file together so how can I refile my taxes because we are not accepting her 600$ return when I’m about to get 3,300 so what must I do so I can cancel her return and just file mine saying married file joint 

[ShannonNac]

At the end of 2024.