If you are married, you can legally on file in two ways, Married Filing Joint and Married Filing Separate. Married Filing Separate excluded you from getting any tax credits and you only get half of the Standard Exemption. I have never seen a case where Married Filing Separately was better. Married Filing Separately also requires you to include your spouses social security number on your return. If you are married but legally separated for at least the last six months of the calendar year you can file as if you are not married. This means you can file as Single, Married Filing Separately, or Head of Household.
IF you are married, the only legal way to file is Married Filing Joint, and Married Filing Separately. Depending your two incomes, most of the time it is much better for you to file Married Filing Joint. Married Filing Separately disallows any tax credits that you may be eligible to take and doesn't really benefit you in any way.
Typically, filing under Married Filing Jointly would result in a larger tax refund, however, each situation is different. You could go to www.turbotax.com and do a mock-up of your taxes to see what would work better for you and your family.
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If you suspect your spouse is being dishonest, is involved in some criminal activity, or can't pay their tax liability, it is better to file separately. Also, if you need or want to keep your finances secret from your spouse, it is better to file separately. In terms of the amount of tax you will pay, it is rarely, if ever, advantageous to file separately. The tax rates are higher and you lose many tax benefits such as the ability to make a full Roth IRA contribution. But if you want to be sure you aren't one of the .000001% of cases where it is better to file separately, calculate your taxes both ways and see. However, some states (most notably Ohio) have a quirk in their tax laws that might make filing separately better in certain cases. But these states require you to file the same way as you filed your federal taxes. In that case, you need to calculate whether the state tax savings make up for the extra federal taxes you'll be paying.