Not as long as you are still legally married on the last day of the year. Married filing jointly or Married filing separately. NOT as a single taxpayer.
If they are legally separated on the last day of the tax year, then yes. Otherwise, no.
Your wife is not a dependent, however, you can file a joint return (meaning that you and your wife file a single tax return for both of you) which will effectively give you a tax benefit for supporting your wife (assuming that you do support her).
If you are legally separated on the last day of the year, you should file either as single or as Head of Household (if you have children that live with you for more than 50% of the year).
I'm married me and my husband are separated and live in different state I have being single and Head of household for the past eight years.
This would fall into the 'married - filing separately' catagory.
For 2010 I was separated from my wife. For the 2010 year she was on SSI. How should I file my taxes? I had to pay her doctor bills and other maintenance expences also. Can I file "head of household" with her as a dependent? or, should I file single?
They both must file for a divorce, from the city they are both staying in .
If they are legally separated on the last day of the tax year, then yes. Otherwise, no.
Your wife is not a dependent, however, you can file a joint return (meaning that you and your wife file a single tax return for both of you) which will effectively give you a tax benefit for supporting your wife (assuming that you do support her).
You can only file "single" if you have completed the divorce papers and the final decree has been read and approved in a court of law. In this particular case, you would file "Married, filing separately".
In this case you have two options. You can try to work on the marriage, or you can file for a divorce on the grounds of adultery.
If you are legally separated on the last day of the year, you should file either as single or as Head of Household (if you have children that live with you for more than 50% of the year).
The same way you would if you just separated....hire an attorney and file for divorce.
You find a single man to be your new boyfriend.
You don't have to be separated to file for divorce. Move out of the house/apartment and file.
Even though your wife has no taxable income, you are still required to file married on your taxes. A tax professional will be able to explain filing statuses more.
File seperatley, not jointly..both Fed & State