topic My spouse was unemployed for 6 months when his H1B expired in 2018. Will we get any kind of additional tax return due to this? in Retirement tax questions https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-spouse-was-unemployed-for-6-months-when-his-h1b-expired-in-2018-will-we-get-any-kind-of/01/280765#M23901 <P>I was employed during this time but my spouse was not. Does it make any difference?</P> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:20:18 GMT anothertaxpayer2 2019-06-03T17:20:18Z My spouse was unemployed for 6 months when his H1B expired in 2018. Will we get any kind of additional tax return due to this? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-spouse-was-unemployed-for-6-months-when-his-h1b-expired-in-2018-will-we-get-any-kind-of/01/280765#M23901 <P>I was employed during this time but my spouse was not. Does it make any difference?</P> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:20:18 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/my-spouse-was-unemployed-for-6-months-when-his-h1b-expired-in-2018-will-we-get-any-kind-of/01/280765#M23901 anothertaxpayer2 2019-06-03T17:20:18Z You do not get any tax break for being unemployed. You ca... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/you-do-not-get-any-tax-break-for-being-unemployed-you-ca/01/280783#M23905 <P>You do not get any tax break for being unemployed.</P><P>You can file jointly and your refund will depend mainly on your income and the amount of tax withheld from your forms W-2.</P> Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:20:20 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/you-do-not-get-any-tax-break-for-being-unemployed-you-ca/01/280783#M23905 MinhT 2019-06-03T17:20:20Z