Why sign in to the Community?

  • Submit a question
  • Check your notifications
Sign in to the Community or Sign in to TurboTax and start working on your taxes
New Member
posted Oct 30, 2019 12:08:33 AM

Is there a way for turbo tax to disable the optimization feature when filing 2 returns for myself and spouse?

0 2 1052
1 Best answer
New Member
Oct 30, 2019 12:08:36 AM

There is no global "override" of the optimizations between returns when preparing your return at the same time as that of your spouse. You can override some individual optimizations; just reply back with what credit and/or deductions you're interested in overriding.

To opt out of all optimizations, the easiest thing would be to prepare your returns separately from each other. 

2 Replies
Level 13
Oct 30, 2019 12:08:34 AM

For clarification, are you using the online version or a downloaded version? Also what edition of software? Ie: Standard, Premier.

New Member
Oct 30, 2019 12:08:36 AM

There is no global "override" of the optimizations between returns when preparing your return at the same time as that of your spouse. You can override some individual optimizations; just reply back with what credit and/or deductions you're interested in overriding.

To opt out of all optimizations, the easiest thing would be to prepare your returns separately from each other.