My daughter was recently married. Can I still list her as an exemption on this years taxes?

Answer 1

Generally no. A taxpayer who files a joint return with their spouse cannot be claimed as a dependent by another taxpayer, with ONE exception. The only time you can claim her as a dependent now that she is married is if she and her husband would have had zero tax liability each if they filed separate returns and the only reason that they filed a joint return was to claim a refund of taxes withheld. That's an extremely unusual circumstance but is the ONLY way you can claim her as a dependent now. It does NOT matter how much of her support you provided through the year, as soon as she said, "I do!" your exemption evaporated.

Answer 2

Oh my goodness-Why do so many people answer when they have no idea what they are talking about. If your daughter is married you cannot claim her unless she CHOOSES not to file with her husband or their income is so low that they are only filing to get their refund. It doesn't matter how much support you paid, how long she lived with you if she want to file with her husband there is nothing you can do about it. Her marital status on December 31 is what the IRS looks at not how much of the year she was married.

Answer 3

properly i became deeply saddened to hearken to touching directly to the Catholic Charities and Archdiocese of Washington DC, considering that i became a former donor. I say former donor by way of fact they are going to in no way get carry of yet another cent from me. I say any church that tries to disclaim the civil rights of others could have their tax exemption prestige taken away and that i'm hoping that donors to Catholic Charities of Boston and Washington DC will come across a worth charity to donate their money to.

Answer 4

If she files a joint return with her husband, almost certainly NOT. But if she doesn't file a joint return, and she meets the other requirements for you to claim her (lived with you over half the year, didn't provide over half of her own support, meets age requirements) then yes you can.

Almost all of the answers above are wrong, by the way - a few are correct.

Answer 5

You cannot claim a married person who files a joint return as a dependent unless that joint return is only a claim for refund and there would be no tax liability for either spouse on separate returns.

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p17/ch03.html

Answer 6

Debi C is correct.

In most cases, she ceased being your dependent the second that she said "I do".

The one exception is if SHE chooses to file separately from her husband and her income is so low that she would get everything back anyway.

Answer 7

It is up to her, not you. If she wants to let you do that she can. If she files taxes and claims herself, no, you can't claim her.
If she's old enough to get married, why are you still claiming her as an exemption? She should be working and claiming herself.

Answer 8

Go to http://www.irs.gov for the answer to your question.

It's such a very bad idea to request tax advice from the likes of the folks on this site, the majority of which appear to be teenagers.

Answer 9

I beleive the rule is that you can claim her as long as you provided finaically for her more than 50% monetarily and also for at least 6 months out of the year. Also if you claim her then her husband will not be able to claim her as a dependant.

Answer 10

Yes