Just married this year~ file taxes jointly or seperately?

Hi, my husband and I just got married this year- I worked full time from Jan. through June, and will be a student for the rest of the year. I have also just taken out a student loan for this fall. My husband will have worked under the table the entire year- so his income is untaxed. There is no record. Technically he does not work. (Oh and he is not a student either.) We have lived together the entire year- how does the dependent thing work? And would it be better for us to file jointly or seperately this coming Jan.?

Bad move to marry a blatant tax evader. That made it more likely that he'll be caught, and now your assets are fair game for the IRS when they go after back taxes and penalties. Whether to file jointly or not is a small issue compared to the issue of criminality. I'd suggest you see a lawyer who deals with tax issues and decide how to handle this.

You cannot claim a spouse as a dependent. There are various rules for claiming other people you support as dependents (children, parents, siblings, friends, etc.) but there is no way to claim a spouse as a dependent. However, each spouse gets one automatic personal exemption, which is just as good.

It is extremely rare that filing separately leads to lower taxes than filing jointly. Source(s): Volunteer tax preparer.

file jointly you still get a bigger refund as apposed to seperately
neither one of you is a kid for the other( so dependent will Not work)
ask your tax person to calculate married joint and married separate to see what works best for the 2 of you
married filing joint, you'll get better tax breaks,
unless you have kids there are no dependents
and never never never put in type or tell anyone especially strangers that anyone is working under the table, not cool.
You would file as married filing jointly. You cannot claim your husband as a dependent. Just hope that your husband doesn't get caught by the irs at not declaring his income, you won't be able to get away with claiming innocent spouse since you know what he's doing.
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