How to add different AGI box for married filing jointly

Annie
Annie Member Posts: 1 Newcomer
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My spouse and I have been filling as married filing jointly for years now. When we get to the AGI box usually under my name it’s the AGI number from last year and my spouse is zero. This is our first time using Free Tax USA and they only give us one box for the AGI so I put the AGI number and it was rejected because my spouse is supposed to be zero. So we re-filed using zero but it also got rejected because my AGI now doesn’t match. How do I get an AGI box for each of us to put the different numbers to get accepted? The only way I seen to have a box for each person is to say last year we filed married but separately (which we didn’t)

How do we fix this and add the second AGI box?

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  • JanaA
    JanaA FreeTaxUSA Agent Posts: 108 image
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    Hello Annie,

    I'm sorry to hear about the rejection issues. Based on the rejection, your AGI is being accepted for the primary taxpayer, but your spouse's AGI is not matching what the IRS has on file. Generally speaking, when you file a joint return in a prior year, you will have the same AGI. There are however, some exceptions.

    I know it seems odd to select that you filed separately when you didn't, but this is a workaround that allows the software to provide separate AGI entry fields for each of you. The IRS sometimes has different AGI amounts on file for each spouse even when filing jointly, and this method allows you to match what they have.

    After making these changes, try e-filing again. If your return continues to be rejected, you can verify the exact AGI amounts the IRS has on file. You can do this by requesting an IRS transcript:
    https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript

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