| Show more helpful information to taxpayer given Q can the wife of 0 a military man claim an exemption for or him bim A usually she can since the first alwo 1500 ot of military pay Is exempt from tax and since most men earn less than that amount in the armed forces they are considered to have no income as far ar as the tax laws are concerned therefore their wives can claim exemptions exemption for far them unless their army pay exceeds 1500 Q what are the rules for claiming exemptions for dependents A you are arc entitled to an exemption for any close relative provided you furnished more than one halt half of 0 his or her support during 1944 and provided he or she did not have or more income ot of his or her own A dependent must also be a 11 citizen of the united states or a resident of the U S canada or mexico Q what should be done by a person whose income totaled less than A it I 1 single and the income included wages from which tax was withheld he should file a separate return to get a refund of the tax withheld if married it will usually be to the fam ilys advantage to file a joint return with hla his wife or husband at any rate it will pay to file returns |
