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🔍 How do I get the income from the other spouse to populate on the 8958 when married filing separately?
This guide explains how to enter spouse income on the 8958 when you are married filing separately.
⚠️ Before You Begin
For each W-2, you will only enter the spouse's half of all amounts.
📊 Step-by-Step Guide
Step 1: Enter only the spouse’s half of each W-2
Use this when you need to enter spouse income correctly for married filing separately.
For each W-2, only enter the spouse's half of all amounts (enter the information for each W-2 on separate W-2s in the program).
Step 2: Understand how the two spouse files interact
Use this when you are wondering whether you need to manually adjust entries.
There is no interaction between the two spouses files. You should not have to override anything.
Step 3: Verify how the 8958 columns are calculated
Use this when you are checking the 8958 totals.
In the attached 8958 screenshots, the information in column 1 is just the total of columns 2 and 3. The amounts in column 2 come from the two W-2s
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