Line 17, Marital adjustment.
- All income of the non-debtor spouse should be included, except the following expenses of the non-debtor spouse may be excluded:
- withholding taxes;
- student loan payments;
- prior support obligations;
- debt payments on which only the non-filing spouse is legally liable and where the consideration for the loan exclusively benefits the non-filing spouse. (Credit cards used to pay for household expenses may not be deducted on Line 17).