Filed separately last year this year filing joiintly what should the agi be? should it be added or just one agi

[andyklu3]

should both agi be added or one? filed separatley last year now jointly this year

[VolvoGirl]

You each have your own AGI from last year.  Enter them separately on the Joint return.  There will be a spot for each of you.

How to find the AGI https://ttlc.intuit.com/replies/3301618 

[andyklu3]

On the downloaded version it only has one line for agi

[VolvoGirl]

Where?  On a Joint return there is only 1 AGI on line 37.  At the end when you efile it will ask for each of you AGI from 2016.

[andyklu3]

on the efile on the turbo tax app there is only one line. sorry for the confusion

[VolvoGirl]

I think it’s on the next screen.

[VolvoGirl]

Are you sure your return is a Joint return?

[VolvoGirl]

Here’s the FAQ <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/3388646-how-do-we-handle-our-agi-if-we-used-married-filing-separat...>

[andyklu3]

yeah i'm doing a joint return for 2017 but in 2016 we filed separately

[andyklu3]

i should add she had hers done by a cpa and i filed mine through turbo tax. should i just add ours together for 2017 since we are filing jointly

[rjs]

It doesn't matter how your 2016 returns were prepared, or who prepared them. You just need the AGI from each return, no matter how it was prepared.

[rjs]

Do not add your 2016 AGIs together. You enter them separately, on two separate screens. At the top of each screen it tells you whose 2016 AGI it is asking for. After you enter the first one, click Continue and enter the other person's AGI on the next screen. See the attached screen shots.