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Show More Helpful Information to Taxpayer Given Q. Can the wife of a military man j claim an exemption for him? A. Usually, she can. Since the first $1,500 of military pay is exempt j from tax and since most men earn i less than that amount in the armed j torces, they are considered to have no income, as far as the tax laws '. are concerned. Therefore, their ; wives can claim exemptions for ; them unless their army pay ex- i eeeds $1500. j Q. What are the rules for claiming claim-ing exemptions for dependents? A. You are entitled to an exemption exemp-tion for any close relative, provided pro-vided you furnished more than one-half one-half of his or her support during 1944, and provided he or she did not have S500 or more income of hia or her own. A dependent must also be a citizen of the United States or a resident of the U. S.. Canada or Mexico. Q. What should be done by a person per-son whose Income totaled less than S500? A. If single and the income included in-cluded 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 family's advantage to file a joint return with his wife (or hus- I band) At sivjf rate it wilj to I flJ-e -Hums, |