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Do I not receive a tax credit for my wife?

When you file married filing jointly, you receive a personal exemption for yourself and your wife and for any dependents you may have listed.  You never claim a wife as a dependent, she is a joint filer.

Unless you file married filing separate.  Then you only get your own exemption and she gets her own exemption.

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Do I not receive a tax credit for my wife?

When you file married filing jointly, you receive a personal exemption for yourself and your wife and for any dependents you may have listed.  You never claim a wife as a dependent, she is a joint filer.

Unless you file married filing separate.  Then you only get your own exemption and she gets her own exemption.

Do I not receive a tax credit for my wife?

no you do not you can not claim someone your married
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