View Full Version : Dependents to claim on w-4
 
 bigbubba23
Apr 18, 2009, 04:18 PM
I'm married with one child make about 25,000 a year gross income and have been claming 1 on my w-4 and my wife dosen't work but I want to get back more from each paycheck so I want to change it to 2 is that a good ideal or should I claim more than that or just stay at 1.
 Fr_Chuck
Apr 18, 2009, 04:53 PM
When I was married with one child I claimed 3 on my,  one for each.   There is a work sheet on the form that helps you know what to claim
 ebaines
Apr 20, 2009, 09:32 AM
Do you find that you get a big tax refund each year?  If so, then you should indeed increase the number of allowances on your W4.  The IRS instructions say that a married person filing jointly where there's only 1 wage earner and 1 child should typically claim 4 allowances ( 1 for yourself, 1 for being married and spouse doesn't work, 1 for your spouse, and 1 for your child).  See:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf