topic My spouse does not work. Why can i not claim her as a dependant. She has to stay home with our baby and cannot work in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-spouse-does-not-work-why-can-i-not-claim-her-as-a-dependant-she-has-to-stay-home-with-our-baby/01/665536#M268604 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:56:48 GMT rjarrett89 2019-06-06T09:56:48Z My spouse does not work. Why can i not claim her as a dependant. She has to stay home with our baby and cannot work https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-spouse-does-not-work-why-can-i-not-claim-her-as-a-dependant-she-has-to-stay-home-with-our-baby/01/665536#M268604 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:56:48 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-spouse-does-not-work-why-can-i-not-claim-her-as-a-dependant-she-has-to-stay-home-with-our-baby/01/665536#M268604 rjarrett89 2019-06-06T09:56:48Z A spouse is never a dependent.  You would want to file as... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/a-spouse-is-never-a-dependent-you-would-want-to-file-as/01/665545#M268607 <P>A spouse is never a dependent. &nbsp;You would want to file as Married Filing Jointly even if one spouse has little or no income. &nbsp;You receive the highest standard deduction of $12,600 and you each receive a personal exemption of $4,050</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:56:49 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/a-spouse-is-never-a-dependent-you-would-want-to-file-as/01/665545#M268607 DoninGA 2019-06-06T09:56:49Z