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Old Mar 14, 2023, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Have Hope View Post
Oh my gosh, are you kidding me?????? What are you supposed to put then on your W4 when you are married????? Always married, filing separately????? In order to take out enough taxes? I don't get this at all.

Maybe the Turbotax software says I owe money because when I entered all my info yesterday online, I entered it as married, filing separately, not married, filing jointly, as it says on one of my W4 forms.

I am SO confused, and I will be beyond upset if money is owed when we go to file.
You want IRS to take more taxes during the year. They’ll take more if you are single/married filed separately. You can file jointly, just make sure taxes taken out single/married filed separately.

Our tax person showed us the difference.

The other way is to reduce your taxable income by increasing pre-tax retirement funds contributions.

That’s why we don’t do our taxes by ourselves but always do with the same professional who shows us all the changes etc

If your husband made less, you might not owe though.