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Show More Helpful Information to Taxpayer Given Q. Can the wife of a military man claim an exemption for lilmV A. Usually, nh can. Since the first $1,500 of rnlliUry pay Is exempt from tux and since moiit men earn Ions than that amount in the iirnied lorcc, they me coinililered to have no Income, mi far us the tax laws nro concerned. Therefore, their wives can claim exemptions for them unions their army pay ox-' ox-' seeds $I!.I10. J. What are the lull's for claiming claim-ing exemptions for dependents? A. You me enlltled to an exemption exemp-tion for any clo::e relative, provided pro-vided you fiunl::hed more than one-half one-half of his or her support during llll l. mid provided lie or she did not have !'.!i(IU or more ln"ome of liU or her own. A dependent inu:.l al.'io ho a citizen of the United Sliiles or n leMidonl of Hie U. S., Ciiuailii or Mexico. (J. What nIiiiiiIiI lie dune by n person per-son whoso Income totaled Ichh (linn $5110? A. If slnnle mid the Income Included In-cluded wanes from which tux was withheld, he should tile n separate return to got n refund of the tax withheld. If married. It will usually Jie In the family's ndvaulnge In tile n Joint relurn with Ills wife (or husband). hus-band). At an)' in in It will fry U fllu "fliinia, |