Recombine clients into an existing married filing joint or domestic partnership return
If individual taxpayer and spouse clients are merged into a joint client, they can be recombined into the joint client.
Recombining data from taxpayer and spouse clients into an existing joint client replaces any changes you made to federal data in the existing joint client. You can enter new information manually into the joint client instead of recombining the data if you want to avoid replacing information about the client.
- Open the joint client whose individual taxpayer and spouse client data you want to recombine.
- SelectFile, thenClient Properties.
- SelectAdvanced Properties, thenDomestic Partners.
- Be sure the selected taxpayer and spouse clients are the correct clients.
- Mark theRecombine the federal data of the taxpayer and spouse clientscheckbox.
- If you are recombining proforma domestic partner clients, markRetain prior year carryover amounts when re-combining current year data.
- SelectOKto close theAdvanced Propertieswindow.
- In theClient Propertieswindow, selectOKto begin recombining.
- If critical errors happen, you should address them before you continue merging the client. Warning messages are usually for information and may not need more work.