Laura and her husband, Daniel, filed a joint return for 2017. The Internal Revenue Service offset their sizable refund in order to pay back child support owed to Daniel's first wife, Kiesha. How can Laura obtain her share of the refund from the Internal Revenue Service? O Laura must file a Form 1040x, along with Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, to get her share of the refund O Laura will file another Form 1040, signing the return as Injured Spouse. O Laura will file a Form 1040X, changing her filing status from married filing jointly to married filing separately O Laura will file a Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation.?

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Diya Snow

12 November, 14:08

Laura and her husband, Daniel, filed a joint return for 2017. The Internal Revenue Service offset their sizable refund in order to pay back child support owed to Daniel's first wife, Kiesha. How can Laura obtain her share of the refund from the Internal Revenue Service? O Laura must file a Form 1040x, along with Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation, to get her share of the refund O Laura will file another Form 1040, signing the return as Injured Spouse. O Laura will file a Form 1040X, changing her filing status from married filing jointly to married filing separately O Laura will file a Form 8379, Injured Spouse Allocation.?

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Franco Atkinson · Answer 1

an injured spouse on a jointly filed tax return must file form 8379 together with the form 1040x.

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Given the information from the question. We know that Laura and Daniel filled a joint return in 2017. In this case an injured spouse on a jointly filed tax return files form 8379 together with the form 1040x to get back their share of the joint refund during the joint overpayment is applied to a past-due obligation of the other spouse.