topic If I am the only one who has an income and worked in 2016, do I still file married filing jointly and claim my wife as a dependent or file a different way? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-am-the-only-one-who-has-an-income-and-worked-in-2016-do-i-still-file-married-filing-jointly-and/01/65604#M27631 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:01:49 GMT myliam 2019-06-01T02:01:49Z If I am the only one who has an income and worked in 2016, do I still file married filing jointly and claim my wife as a dependent or file a different way? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-am-the-only-one-who-has-an-income-and-worked-in-2016-do-i-still-file-married-filing-jointly-and/01/65604#M27631 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:01:49 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-i-am-the-only-one-who-has-an-income-and-worked-in-2016-do-i-still-file-married-filing-jointly-and/01/65604#M27631 myliam 2019-06-01T02:01:49Z Your spouse cannot be a dependent. You file Married Joint. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/your-spouse-cannot-be-a-dependent-you-file-married-joint/01/65613#M27636 <P>Your spouse cannot be a dependent. You file Married Joint.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:01:50 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/your-spouse-cannot-be-a-dependent-you-file-married-joint/01/65613#M27636 SweetieJean 2019-06-01T02:01:50Z You do not “claim” a spouse as a dependent.  By filing as... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-do-not-claim-a-spouse-as-a-dependent-by-filing-as/01/65626#M27645 <P>You do not “claim” a spouse as a dependent.&nbsp; By filing as “Married Filing Jointly” you will each get the $4050 personal exemptions and the standard deduction of $12,600 for a married couple.</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:01:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-do-not-claim-a-spouse-as-a-dependent-by-filing-as/01/65626#M27645 xmasbaby0 2019-06-01T02:01:53Z