I jsut got married in November ...my wife make more money than I what do i claim on my w-2 head of household

Answer 1

You cannot file head of household:

Head of Household

You may be able to file as head of household if you meet all the following requirements.

1. You are unmarried or “considered unmarried” on the last day of the year.
2. You paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year.
3. A “qualifying person” lived with you in the home for more than half the year (except for temporary absences, such as school). However, if the “qualifying person” is your dependent parent, he or she does not have to live with you. See Special rule for parent, later, under Qualifying Person.

Tip
If you qualify to file as head of household, your tax rate usually will be lower than the rates for single or married filing separately. You will also receive a higher standard deduction than if you file as single or married filing separately.
How to file. If you file as head of household, you can use either Form 1040A or Form 1040. Indicate your choice of this filing status by checking the box on line 4 of either form. Use the Head of a household column of the Tax Table or Section D of the Tax Computation Worksheet to figure your tax.

Considered Unmarried

To qualify for head of household status, you must be either unmarried or considered unmarried on the last day of the year. You are considered unmarried on the last day of the tax year if you meet all the following tests.

1. You file a separate return (defined, earlier, under Joint Return After Separate Returns).
2. You paid more than half the cost of keeping up your home for the tax year.
3. Your spouse did not live in your home during the last 6 months of the tax year. Your spouse is considered to live in your home even if he or she is temporarily absent due to special circumstances. See Temporary absences, later.
4. Your home was the main home of your child, stepchild, or eligible foster child for more than half the year. (See Home of qualifying person, later, for rules applying to a child's birth, death, or temporary absence during the year.)
5. You must be able to claim an exemption for the child. However, you meet this test if you cannot claim the exemption only because the noncustodial parent can claim the child using the rules described later in Children of divorced or separated parents under Qualifying Child or in Support Test for Children of Divorced or Separated Parents under Qualifying Relative. The general rules for claiming an exemption for a dependent are explained later under Exemptions for Dependents.

Caution
If you were considered married for part of the year and lived in a community property state (listed earlier under Married Filing Separately ), special rules may apply in determining your income and expenses. See Publication 555 for more information.

Answer 2

Best answer is filing Married;you claim 2 and she claims 0 ,since you have the higher income and both work.Single is withheld at a higher rate than married,and would give you a bigger refund through heavier taxes.If you don't have enough withheld due to a raise,then lower it to married claiming 1on a joint filing.The one with the highest income claims the most to keep the income in a lower tax bracket.Once you have kids,you do the same thing.I always claim 4 dependents on W-2,even though I have five.Because we are right between the 15-25% rate for middle income filiers.And I work a lot of overtime that is under-taxed.If wife does not work,then you might have to reduce it to 1 exemption to avoid having to pay in April.

Answer 3

If you got Married in November, and you are going to file your return for this year, you file it as you usually did because,your wife did not live with you but for two mos. if that is correct. So, if when you did your return you filed Head of Household go ahead and do it, because you cannot include your spouse. Or if you have some doubts about it there are groups that can tell you for free.

Answer 4

You will file Married filing jointly. It doesn't matter whose name is first.