I did my return with turbo tax, my allowance on my w-2 says "0". Where do I find if Turbo tax applied my personal exemption?

[Anonymous]

I am just wondering if I took my personal exemption. Where it says dependent, while using turbo tax, I did not add myself. It says not to add yourself or your spouse there. Thought when I look through my 1040 my adjusted wages and my adjusted gross income is the same. I put "0" allowance on my w2

[ChristinaS]

A personal exemption is added to your tax return automatically, as long as you don't indicate that someone else is claiming you as a dependent. You don't list yourself as a dependent of yourself. Also, a spouse is not a dependent.

You can see whether you claimed a personal exemption by looking at line 42 of your 1040:

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• Line 42: personal exemption of $4,050 ($8100 if married)

Claiming 0 allowances on your W4 is a totally different issue. That simply relates to withholding. Sometimes people claim 0 to have more taxes withheld.

[VolvoGirl]

What you claim at work does not have to match your tax return.  

You get an exemption for yourself and each person listed on your return.  Each exemption is $4,050
 1040 line 42
1040A line 26

Or for a 1040EZ the 4,050 is included on line 5 with the 6,300 standard deduction.  
So for Single line 5 would be 4,050+6,300 = 10,350
For Married line 5 would be 8,100+12,300 = 20,700