Tax payments includes any Federal estimated tax payments,
additional child tax credit, refundable American Opportunity Credit, amounts
paid with an extension, excess Social Security withheld, and other less common
amounts. If the tax payments includes Earned
Income Tax Credit, you do not allocate that amount because the IRS will do the
calculation for you when your Injured Spouse form is filed.
You would include any amounts for estimated payments that
you paid and any amounts paid with an extension that you paid.
If there is an additional child tax credit or a refundable
American Opportunity Credit for a dependent that you are allocating to your
return, then you would include that amount.
If your W-2s indicated that an excess Social Security amount
was withheld, then you would include that amount.
You may need to take a look at your Form 1040 to determine
what is being included on the joint return for tax payments so that you can
determine how to make the allocation.
Use these steps while you are working in your tax return to
Preview your Form 1040 and take a look at lines 65 through 73.
·
In the navigation area on
the left side of your screen, click Tax Tools to expand your choices
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Click Tools, which
will open the Tool Center
·
Click View Tax Summary
under “Other Helpful Links…”
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Click Preview My 1040
to see your actual tax form
