would me and my husband get more money back if we do are taxes as married filing seperatly?we have 3 kids ages 9,6,and 15 months.1 of them is his and 2 are mine.he made probably 20000 and i made proly only 8 or 9000 or maybe less
2007-01-25 02:48:34 · 6 answers · asked by kahlien05 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
When you are married and file separately you honestly get screwed. You definitely want to file together. When I was going through a divorce I had to do that, and I only got back half of what I would have gotten if we filed together.
2007-01-25 02:53:15 · answer #1 · answered by raindog312 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
File married filing joint, but him as the primary (which doesn't matter) Then claim all the kids. No bigge. If you don't itemize you get a higher standard deduction, which went up this year. Your standard deduction would be 26,800 all together... which would leave about 2,200... in which you have to pay taxes on. So you would get whatever extra you payed in plus, you could file for Child tax credit on each child. The best way to find out is fill out a 1040A each way and see what come back with more money.
2007-01-25 11:39:25 · answer #2 · answered by Dizzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It actually turns out to be a real pain to file separately - more forms and stuff. You would have submit copies of his 1040 along with yours. It really doesn't work out in your favor.
2007-01-25 10:54:33 · answer #3 · answered by sagegranny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd get more filing together. But - try doing it yourself both ways and see what happens. I've done this before and it always works out you get more when you file together.
2007-01-25 10:56:34 · answer #4 · answered by Jenn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
File together and claim all kids..It does not matter if he isn't the father if they lived with him for 6 months then he can claim them.
2007-01-25 10:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hard to tell
most tax places and tax software will let you run the numbers both ways, and do whichever is better for you.
2007-01-25 10:53:51 · answer #6 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋