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My name is Melissa Stacey I do not understand why the government wants my agi when we filed married filing jointly?

 
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My name is Melissa Stacey I do not understand why the government wants my agi when we filed married filing jointly?

If you are filing a joint return in 2017 & you did in 2016 then in the FILE tab if you didn't say  so when the program asked  then you must now enter the same AGI amount for both of you ... get the amount off last year's return.  

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My name is Melissa Stacey I do not understand why the government wants my agi when we filed married filing jointly?

If you are filing a joint return in 2017 & you did in 2016 then in the FILE tab if you didn't say  so when the program asked  then you must now enter the same AGI amount for both of you ... get the amount off last year's return.  

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