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When filing jointly, the Injured Spouse Allocation (Form 8379) lets you recover your portion of your refund that was kept by the IRS to pay your spouse's debt (back taxes, back child support, etc.). Form 8379 can be filed right with your taxes. No special signature is needed.
It is your choice:
If you want only your name on the refund check - you will be the only one allowed to cash the check.
If you want both of your names - both of you, your spouse and you - will have to sign the check in order to cash it, or your direct deposit account for the refund would have to be under both of your names.
You must file jointly to use this form. Also, filing an 8379 will delay your federal refund by up to 14 weeks.
Can you provide screenshots for each step please?
The is no tool anything on the left, only 3 horizontal lines. When you click on them no tool bar or tools pop up.
On the upper right hand side there is the bell, magnifying glass, comment bubble with question mark and picture of a person (live help).
I tried the other way and jump to showed up (only once) and when I clicked it it jumped to documents (where you upload documents). No forms.
Please help.
I called for help.
Alternative way is to go to 'Other tax situations' - click review/edit-
Scroll down to 'other tax firm's
- scrolled all the way diwn the the 2nd from the bottom and found 'innocent/injured spouse' form.
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