Make sure that he is held responsible for as much of the expence for the care and maintainance of your child as posible.
This would fall into the 'married - filing separately' catagory.
Married but filing separate
If you are legally separated or legally divorced on the last day of the year, you should file as single or head of household. You should NOT file as Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately.
The main difference between married filing jointly and married filing separately on a W-4 form is how couples choose to report their income and deductions to the IRS. When married filing jointly, both spouses combine their income and deductions on one tax return. When married filing separately, each spouse reports their income and deductions on separate tax returns.
If the monthly amount is supposed to be ALIMONY payments YES the monthly Alimony payment amounts would be taxable income to you on your own 1040 income tax return. If you are still married and filing a married filing joint income tax return all of joint worldwide income would be reported on the MFJ income tax return and the monthly allowance from your husband would just be and amount from the after income tax funds that were reported on the MFJ income tax return.
Divorce him
Your husband would have to be the one that would have to tell if he is filing his income taxes or show you his copy of the one that he is supposed to have filed.
IF you are NOT LEGALLY separated in the state that you are a a resident of on the last day of the year. Your filing status would be married filing joint or on a separate 1040 federal income tax return MARRIED FILING SEPARATE.
Married filing Jointly
The available filing statuses for federal income tax returns are: Single Married Filing Jointly Head of Household Married Filing Separately Qualifying Widow or Widower No, there is no filing status for Single Filing Jointly.
How much income you have to earn before filing a 2012 Income Tax Return is determined by your filing status as Single, Married Filing Joint, Married filing Separate, Head of Household or qualifying widower. Based on your filing status and age if at the end of 2012 you are under 65 or 65 or older, file a return if your gross income was at least $3800 to $19,500.
The Earned Income Credit can't be claimed if you file Married Filing Separately.It can be claimed by all other filing status (Single, Married Filing Jointly, Head of Household, Qualifying Widow/er).For more information, go to www.irs.gov/taxtopics for Topic 601 (Earned Income Credit). Also go to www.irs.gov/formspubs for Publication 596 (Earned Income Credit).