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switching an unfiled return from married joint to married separate

I am trying to switch my filing status from married filing joint to married filing separate.  I have not filed the return yet but I had prepared it.  I followed the instructions to switch my status in the personal info tab.  Buy my spouse's income still shows up as I walk through the different screens.  Shouldn't that automatically be removed?  the refund box numbers changed already.  The reason I want to switch is to exclude unemployment income from each spouse's income as a separate "taxpayer" because together our joint AGI  exceeds the threshold for exclusion.  

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ThomasM125
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switching an unfiled return from married joint to married separate

Your spouse's income may show on the entry screens but not show on the tax return. You can review your form 1040 and schedule 1 to 3 while working in the online version of TurboTax to verify that only your income is showing, by using these menu tabs in TurboTax:

  1. Tools
  2. Tax Tools (left side of the menu bar)
  3. View Tax Summary
  4. Preview my 1040 (left menu bar)
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