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If you're using TurboTax CD/Download, try this:
- Open your return and select Forms
- Select Open Form, enter What-If Worksheet (it may appear as What-If Wks), and select Open Form
- Select the MFJ vs. MFS box
- Scroll down to Balance Due (Refund) located under Line 72
- The second column shows the federal outcome for a joint return, and the third and fourth columns show the outcome for the taxpayer and spouse if filing separately
- Negative numbers are refunds and positive numbers are taxes due
