topic If my wife is a house wife and does not have any income, do I still need to file my tax return jointly with her? Can I just file my return and add her as dependent ? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-my-wife-is-a-house-wife-and-does-not-have-any-income-do-i-still-need-to-file-my-tax-return/01/985506#M355880 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:11:36 GMT nils4u27 2020-01-16T08:11:36Z If my wife is a house wife and does not have any income, do I still need to file my tax return jointly with her? Can I just file my return and add her as dependent ? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-my-wife-is-a-house-wife-and-does-not-have-any-income-do-i-still-need-to-file-my-tax-return/01/985506#M355880 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:11:36 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-my-wife-is-a-house-wife-and-does-not-have-any-income-do-i-still-need-to-file-my-tax-return/01/985506#M355880 nils4u27 2020-01-16T08:11:36Z Re: If my wife is a house wife and does not have any income, do I still need to file my tax return jointly with her? Can I just file my return and add her as dependent ? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-if-my-wife-is-a-house-wife-and-does-not-have-any-income-do-i-still-need-to-file-my-tax-return/01/985558#M355898 <P>A spouse can never be a dependent...you always file a joint return even if one spouse has no income.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:30:04 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-if-my-wife-is-a-house-wife-and-does-not-have-any-income-do-i-still-need-to-file-my-tax-return/01/985558#M355898 Critter 2020-01-16T13:30:04Z Re: If my wife is a house wife and does not have any income, do I still need to file my tax return jointly with her? Can I just file my return and add her as dependent ? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-if-my-wife-is-a-house-wife-and-does-not-have-any-income-do-i-still-need-to-file-my-tax-return/01/986003#M356072 <P>your choices are a joint return or married filing separately.&nbsp; &nbsp;since she has no income, a joint&nbsp; return will result in the lowest taxes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:00:17 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-if-my-wife-is-a-house-wife-and-does-not-have-any-income-do-i-still-need-to-file-my-tax-return/01/986003#M356072 Anonymous 2020-01-16T18:00:17Z