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I claimed my wife who hasn't worked in 5 years I got rejected I changed number but still nothing.

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February 17, 2021
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I put her social In wrong I fixed and it says dependent and spouse can't hve same social

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Do not enter your spouse as a dependent. A spouse cannot be a dependent. Even more important, a spouse cannot be both a spouse and a dependent.

Enter your spouse in the spouse section of the personal interview section. Then select filing status as Married filing Jointly (MFJ). Filing as MFJ gets you all the benefits of claiming your spouse as a dependent (and much more) but she is not called a dependent on your tax return.

You may have heard of a rare circumstance where a spouse could be claimed as a dependent. That was eliminated in 2018.