If a women goes to prison for 1 year and then gets out can/should she still file
a tax return . No income........can she claim Child care Tax Credits, etc....thanks
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Originally Posted by Haggar
That's a good question - and a step I do for my clients. The individual items - 1099's, W-2s, capital gains need to tagged as taxpayer or spouse. There is a option/ form you then elect to split the items and see if a tax advantage is gained by filing jointly or separately. Very rarely is there a benefit to filing separately, Some items are lost - such as a child care credit - when separate returns are filing.
Some married couples file separately because the spouse doesn't want any liability if their significant other may haves underreported income or not reported income at all.
Some file separately because they don't want their spouse to know their income!
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