SteamTrain
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After you file

NO

 

You are a Spouse, not a dependent.

By Filing Jointly (MFJ) as a married couple, your joint Standard Deduction is automatically doubled...so that's where you get some tax advantage....but no credit just for being married (and perhaps, one of the two of you not working).

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