Ok, again, if I take 100% of one, does the other still need to actually put the form on their taxes just as zero values or just leave it off completely? Both st...

Also we have no dependents. we don't earn any extras from earned income. Not on SS.

this did not answer my question at all.

Kind of what to revisit this as I still feel I'm missing something here. I've entered our tax information numerous times as joint filing and then as separate. A...

thank you all. I believe I have done this correctly now. It seems in our case it is quite beneficial to file separately vs jointly.