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.
If your 2023 tax return was filed as Married Filing Jointly, then you do Not file a separate tax return.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
If it was rejected, it wasn't filed. You can just abandon that return.
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.
Are you sure her return didn't go through? What was your reject for?
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.
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.
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.
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
But you said you amended her return. Did yo not amend her return to be a Married Filing Joint return with both of your incomes?
You don't amend a return to cancel it.
Like I already said we didn’t know that when filing that we wanted to do married filing joint or separate. We were testing which one give the best return and then my wife accidentally filed as married filling separate then payed and then filed. Because of time anxiety basically she filed as seperate on accident. Then I told her we needed to fix it. Because I think we could make a better return when filing as married joint. So now after trying to cancel hers and failing because it’s already been filed we attempted to amend to cancel it. That didn’t work because we have no idea what we are doing. Now we’ve both been rejected and I already tried to refile the proper way with her and mine wages added as filing joint and I refilled and got rejected again. It said same reason as before even though we’ve both already been rejected. The fact that nobody has ever told me that filing joint means combined wages makes me lose faith in humanity.
I think you need to find a local professional to sort everything out for you, especially since you amended her Married Filing Separate return. You will need to stay with that return and amend that amended return to make it a Married Filing Joint return.
I would file an extension for now and make an appointment with a local professional. We can't help you in this environment without seeing what you originally filed and the originally amendment. You do not want to file another return.
It depends on what program you are using. See your options here: How do I file an IRS tax extension? - TurboTax Support - Intuit
This will extend the time you have to file your taxes until October 15th, 2025.
Also, you may have to do your state taxes: Do I need to file an extension for my personal state taxes?
Remember, an extension gives you more time to prepare your taxes, but it doesn't extend the time to pay your taxes. If you have an indication that you will owe taxes, you should make the payment by the original due date of the tax return to avoid additional interest and penalties.