Should my husband create a new profile? We used my profile but now I am no longer working and he has a w2 and is self employed, this is the last year I will have a w2.

[jamcam2011]

My husband will be the one to file taxes from now on. We got married in 2015 and filed joint under my profile. As a small business owner and sole provider does he need to make his own profile to file taxes?

[Opus 17 · Accepted solution]

No, in fact, to prevent the IRS from getting confused, you should continue to file with your name and SSN first on any joint return.  The fact that he will have a schedule C does not matter regarding who gets listed first.

[jamcam2011]

Ok, thank you. So even for next year when I will not have any income to report it won't matter if my name is first?