If you file for an injured spouse allocation, Form 8379, you can protect your portion of the refund from a jointly-filed refund if it's seized or offset to pay your spouse's debt. You must file jointly to use this form. Filing an 8379 will delay your federal refund by up to 14 weeks. To file this form in TurboTax: Open or continue your return. In the search box, enter injured spouse and then select the Jump to link in the search results. Answer Yes to Do you want to claim innocent or injured spouse relief? and carefully follow the onscreen instructions.Note: Pay close attention to the screens, as some of them apply to innocent spouse relief, which is different. Leave those questions blank if you only want to claim injured spouse relief.

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I don't want to loose money from kids to what my spouse owes is filing separate the best way to ensure my children credits are taken?

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If you file for an injured spouse allocation, Form 8379, you can protect your portion of the refund from a jointly-filed refund if it's seized or offset to pay your spouse's debt.

You must file jointly to use this form. Filing an 8379 will delay your federal refund by up to 14 weeks.

To file this form in TurboTax:

Open or continue your return.
In the search box, enter injured spouse and then select the Jump to link in the search results.
Answer Yes to Do you want to claim innocent or injured spouse relief? and carefully follow the onscreen instructions.

Note: Pay close attention to the screens, as some of them apply to innocent spouse relief, which is different. Leave those questions blank if you only want to claim injured spouse relief.

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