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Can I Claim My Personal and/or Spousal Exemption?

This application determines whether you can claim your own exemption or your spouse’s. To determine if you can claim an exemption for someone else as a dependent, go to the topic for “Who Can I Claim as a Dependent?

Information You Will Need:

  • Your age, your spouse's age, and citizenship status
  • Your and your spouse’s gross income amounts

Estimated Completion Time: 8 minutes. However: 5 minutes of inactivity will end the interview and you will be forced to start over.

The following interview covers the same questions you would answer if you called our toll-free tax assistance telephone number or if you came into a Taxpayer Assistance Center.

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Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 2013-03-26