Double charged

I'm super frustrated right now.

 

I have self employed income and my wife does not. I do a joint file when I do our taxes because it's quick and relatively painless.

However, when I went to file, TT wants to charge me twice for upgraded returns. I have no problem paying for mine as I do have self employment income. However, it makes zero sense to be paying another 60$ for my wife return when she does NOT have self employment income.

I called the help line and all they told me was "Oh sorry, TT doesn't have that option to only pay for one." I was floored by this, but she recommended filing singly. 

However, when I did that, bringing in the info from last years returns made me file jointly again.

 

To say that I'm annoyed is putting it mildly.