# Is the IRS free file limit apply the same to married filing jointly?

**URL:** <https://community.clark.com/t/is-the-irs-free-file-limit-apply-the-same-to-married-filing-jointly/6987>\
**Category:** Taxes\
**Created:** [January 29, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-the-irs-free-file-limit-apply-the-same-to-married-filing-jointly/6987 "2025-01-29T19:08:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![ducatsbromine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@ducatsbromine](https://community.clark.com/u/ducatsbromine)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-the-irs-free-file-limit-apply-the-same-to-married-filing-jointly/6987/1 "2025-01-29T19:08:03Z")

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I know the limit is $84,000. Everything just talks about YOUR adjusted gross income must be $84,000 or less, but nothing ever addresses if or how that applies to married filing jointly. If you both are under $84k are you able to file jointly using it? Or is it only an option if we were filing separately?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![charlieg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@charlieg](https://community.clark.com/u/charlieg)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-the-irs-free-file-limit-apply-the-same-to-married-filing-jointly/6987/2 "2025-02-02T03:22:20Z")

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I feel your pain. The part that irks me is you only find out you are over the limit AFTER providing your information. Oh, then there’s the $39.99 state fee (or something).

Seriously looking at paper filing this year.

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**Author:** ![H200h](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@H200h](https://community.clark.com/u/H200h)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/is-the-irs-free-file-limit-apply-the-same-to-married-filing-jointly/6987/3 "2025-02-02T04:55:25Z")

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> [@ducatsbromine](#):
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> I know the limit is $84,000. Everything just talks about YOUR adjusted gross income must be $84,000 or less, but nothing ever addresses if or how that applies to married filing jointly.

I think you can depend on the word “your income” to include the total of the people on a joint tax return. That specific language (as in 1040 line “This is _ **your** _ taxable income”) means two people on a joint return.