Home Buyer's Amount shared between Husband and Wife

[snoplowguy]

On the “Credits” screen scroll down to Home buyers’ amount.
It will likely be defaulted to 100% for the spouse with the greater income.
Over-ride to 50% there and it will split the claim. A few years ago it was mentioned this should not be an “override” but I think it got missed by the developers.

Here is a link to the issue;

Home buyers' amount Review Message

On the Details of various credit amounts, the yellow review message “The allocation of the Home buyers’ amount does not equal 100%. Please review” will not go away for a single person who answers “YES” to make a claim for the Home buyers’ amount. The only solution seems to be a sign off. For a married couple, you can get the review message to disappear by entering an amount into one of the 2 optional boxes that allow a split the amount with a spouse or co-owner, then delete the percentage that…