I need to know how to allocate the exemptions and tax breaks manually on an injured spouse form. Turbo tax is setting the exemptions as 0, but we have a family of 5.

kjekje42 · ‎February 4, 2020

I also supported my husband and family in 2019 and do not owe his debt obligations. I would like to manually change the deductions and exemption amounts, but Turbo Tax is setting it for my form, but incorrectly. Please help.

AnnetteB6 · ‎February 4, 2020

TurboTax is correctly setting the exemptions amount to 0.

Starting with the 2018 tax return, claiming personal exemptions was eliminated from the Federal tax return due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. There is no longer a deduction on your return for personal exemptions, so you cannot allocate them between you and your spouse.

Thus far, Form 8379 still shows the line for exemptions, but the IRS instructions for that form say to enter '0'. Here is a link to the full document: Instructions for Form 8379

See the excerpt below:

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kjekje42 · ‎February 6, 2020

Thank you for the reply. I appreciate it.

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I need to know how to allocate the exemptions and tax breaks manually on an injured spouse form. Turbo tax is setting the exemptions as 0, but we have a family of 5.