TurboTax is telling me that if my spouses income was less then 5000 and that I paid for expenses that he is considered a dependent when I'm entering all my information.

[Mike9241]

don't know exactly what you did but a spouse can never be a dependent. 

your spouse's personal data should be entered on the personal worksheet and not on the dependent worksheet

in step mode after entering some of your information you should see a question at the top of a screen which asks if you were married - select married. also, on the same page is a question about whether you want to file together with your spouse. Yes will produce a joint return. No will produce a married filing separate return. Even if you select no - married filing separately, usually the worst choice, you do not enter your spouse's personal info on a dependent worksheet.

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[kaylajarvi]

I am not putting my spouse as a dependent.I select married filing separately or head of household.It asks if we lived together for the second half of the year and I select no.It asks if he's filing a tax return and I select no.In the section on the top it says spouse and later adds him as my dependent.Im just going to select that he can be claimed by someone else even though he can't to avoid any tax issues.

[kaylajarvi]

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Tell us a bit more about *****

Select all that apply for 2024.

I didn't live with **** at any time between July 1, and December 31.

I didn't live with ***** at all during the year.

.X.    won't file a tax return.

I select my answers for these questions and it tells me he qualifies as a dependent.

[xmasbaby0]

No.   You are misunderstanding the information you are looking at or you have entered something incorrectly.  When it asked if you were married in 2024 did you answer YES?     You cannot claim a spouse as a dependent.   If you are legally married, your filing choices are to file married filing jointly or married filing separately.