https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-doesnt-work-do-i-claim-her-as-a-dependent-or-claim-together/01/66480#M28059 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:05:09 GMT mjmason11 2019-06-01T02:05:09Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-doesnt-work-do-i-claim-her-as-a-dependent-or-claim-together/01/66480#M28059 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:05:09 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-doesnt-work-do-i-claim-her-as-a-dependent-or-claim-together/01/66480#M28059 mjmason11 2019-06-01T02:05:09Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-do-not-claim-a-spouse-as-a-dependent-by-filing-as/01/66490#M28067 <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><P>If you were married at the end of 2016 your filing choices are married filing jointly or married filing separately.</P><P> </P><P>Married Filing Jointly is usually better, even if one spouse had little or no income.&nbsp;</P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:05:11 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/you-do-not-claim-a-spouse-as-a-dependent-by-filing-as/01/66490#M28067 xmasbaby0 2019-06-01T02:05:11Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/see-xmasbaby-below/01/66503#M28077 See xmasbaby below Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:05:15 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/see-xmasbaby-below/01/66503#M28077 CapB 2019-06-01T02:05:15Z