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March 19, 2024
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Separated and then back together

  • March 19, 2024
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I am filing the tax returns for my daughter and her husband.  They separated in June 2023 but then got back together in January 2024.  When I started their 2023 returns I did them separately in the tax software, but now I am being asked to insert information from each other into the others tax return.  Can I import their 2022 returns and file them together and still say "separated" on each return and then it will transfer the information properly?  I will need the returns together for 2024 when they will file as married again.  Trying to save myself sometime but also want to do this correctly.

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    TurboTaxSusan
    March 19, 2024

    If you do the returns together, you will only have the option to pick married or common-law. You need to do the returns separately to enter any other marital status.