Will the amount owed be reflected on wife's IRS account only or both of ours. She completed the tax filing on her separate Turbo Tax account (married filing jointly).

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April 17, 2025
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-Separate IRS individual account(s) -Separate Turbo Tax account(s) -Filed married separately last year (2023) because I owed money, and she didn't. The fact that she owes this year (2024) but filed jointly on her own Turbo Tax account will this pending amount due be only reflected on her IRS account or will I have additional money added owed to my account?

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xmasbaby0

Employee

Please explain filing jointly on a separate account. When you file a joint tax return you file ONE tax return that combines all of the information and all of the income from both spouses on the same Form 1040. It does not matter which TurboTax account you used to prepare the return. If you filed two tax returns--you did not file a joint tax return.

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akajc1991Author

Separate account as in separate Turbo Tax accounts. The main concern is I already owe money from (2023) and I'm currently enrolled in a monthly payment plan to pay down this balance. My wife before she filed (2024) for us jointly in her separate Turbo Tax account owed $0 on her IRS account. Since we filed jointly will this amount that she owes in (2024) be stacked on to balance that I'm paying off? If so, will both of our IRS account(s) reflect the same amount due? If I'm already enrolled in a payment plan from 2023 does she automatically get enrolled in the same pay back monthly plan by default since we filed jointly?

xmasbaby0

Employee

You are confusing using an online software account to prepare a tax return with the actual results of the tax return that was prepared. The software account you used does not determine who "owes" the tax.

When you file jointly your debts are also shared -- you can look at your online accounts with the IRS to see what is shown there. If you filed a joint tax return, "she" does not owe----you owe the tax due as a married couple. You both owe the tax due on a joint return. The tax due is on line 37 of the Form 1040.

You will each have an IRS online account.

https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account