2007-10-08 13:18:42 · 5 answers · asked by YVONNE R 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
You cannot be claimed as a dependent on your husband's return.
You can file as Married Filing Separate (MFS) or Married Filing Joint (MFJ).
If you file MFS, it is true that you will not need to file a return. It is also true that your husband will not get to claim your exemption on his tax return. It is also true that you can lose some benefits if you file MFS. Such as EIC, social security income becoming taxable and others.
2007-10-08 13:55:17 · answer #1 · answered by Mark S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you made only $765, you are not required to file. If any federal Income tax or State Income tax was withheld from your paycheck, then you should file to get the refund of these taxes.
Now can file as Married Filing Separately or Married Filing Jointly. If you file as Married Filing Jointly and if your husband had a good income, he will save an appreciable amount on federal and state taxes by filing Jointly. If you were to get a refund by filing separately, you will not get a separate check from IRS.
On the joint return, make sure that your income is added in the total income. Also your husband can't claim you as dependent.
2007-10-09 06:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by MukatA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are legally allowed to file as married filing separately - if you do, then your husband would have to file the same way. I don't know why you'd want to do that though - it will almost certainly result in higher total taxes for the two of you. And you wouldn't get any kind of refund unless you had federal income tax withheld, in which case you'd get that back.
2007-10-08 22:17:56 · answer #3 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are not required to file a tax return at all based on your income. You would have to earn $3,400 in order to be required to file a return as married filing separately.
Filing a tax return by yourself as married filing separately would only result in a refund of any withholding you had taken from your pay.
Since you have income, your spouse cannot claim an exemption for you on his separate return.
2007-10-08 20:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have the option of "Married filing separately" but since you made less than $7000 you don't have to file at all.
2007-10-08 20:26:48 · answer #5 · answered by smartsassysabrina 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋