If I add that I am a homemaker in the software am I automatically considered a dependent to my husband?

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January 19, 2024
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My husband has two dependents, myself and our daughter, so does the system automatically count me as a dependent? In the Deductions & Credits section there is only the child tax credit for $2000.

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Best answer by SteamTrain

You are a Spouse, not a dependent.

By Filing Jointly (MFJ) as a married couple, your joint Standard Deduction is automatically doubled...so that's where you get some tax advantage....but no credit just for being married (and perhaps, one of the two of you not working).

SteamTrainAnswer

Employee

You are a Spouse, not a dependent.

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Opus 17

Employee

A spouse is never a dependent.

HM Michael Michelle

By irs status these 2024 status are as same as prior years 2021

Single

Married filed separtely

Head of Household

Married file jointly

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JohnB5677

You will file the tax return with your husband as Married filling Jointly.

This accounts for your relationship with him. You are not a dependent.

It also doubles the standard deduction. This is one advantage to the married filling Jointly status.

For single taxpayers and married individuals filing separately, the Standard Deduction is $13,850 in 2023.
For married couples filing jointly is $27,700.

Your daughter is a dependent. This resulted in the Child Tax Credit that you referred to.

I think you simply misinterpreted the terms. You are the wife that changes your husbands filing status.

Your daughter is the dependent that entitled him to the tax credit.

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