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A spouse cannot claim another spouse as a dependent. You would file as Married Filing Joint, even if only one spouse has income. Filing Married Filing Joint gives you all the tax breaks for you and your spouse.
If you're filing a separate return, you may claim the exemption for your spouse only if they had no gross income, are not filing a joint return, and were not the dependent of another taxpayer.
A spouse can Never be claimed as a dependent. You should be filing as Married Filing Jointly even if one spouse has little or no income.
You have to enter your Social Security benefits you received as reported on the Form SSA-1099
To enter Social Security benefits reported on form SSA-1099
Or enter ssa-1099 in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to ssa-1099
Up to 85% of Social Security Retirement/Disability/Survivors benefits becomes taxable when all your other income plus 1/2 your social security reaches:
Married Filing Jointly - $32,000
Single or Head of Household - $25,000
Married Filing Separately - 0
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