The types of taxpayers: single, married filing jointly, married filing separately,...
Your filing status determines your tax bracket and amount of taxes you must pay. Factors such as marital status affect your filing status.
An individual’s filing status ascertains the rate of income tax applicable to that person. Single, married filing a joint return, married filing a separate return, head of household, and qualifying widow or widower with dependent child, are the five different types of filing status.
Determines the rate at which income is taxed. The five filing statuses are: single, married filing a joint return, married filing a separate return, head of household, and qualifying widow(er) with dependent child.
Pertaining to federal individual income tax returns, the manner in which individual taxpayers are classified for purposes of the income tax laws, such as single, married filing jointly, married filing separately, head of household, etc. Standard deduction amounts and applicable tax rates vary depending upon the taxpayer's filing status.
Filing status is used in determining your filing requirements. There are five filing-status categories: single, married filing jointly, married filing separately, head of household, and qualifying widow/er with a dependent child. Your filing status is important in determining whether you can take certain deductions and credits. To file a "single" status, you must be unmarried or legally separated on the last day of the year.
Marital status of an employee for withholding purposes only.
Please enter here whether you file your income taxes as single, married, separated or head-of household.
Based on a taxpayer's marital status and other factors. Determines the tax bracket and rate at which income is taxed, salaries, and self-employment earnings.
You must determine your filing status before you can determine your filing requirements, standard deduction, and correct tax. You also use your filing status when determining whether you are eligible to claim certain deductions and credits. There are five filing statuses: Single, Married Filing Jointly, Married Filing Separately, Head of Household, and Qualifying Widow(er) with Dependent Child. If more than one filing status applies to you, choose the one that will give you the lowest tax.
The category (single, married filing joint return, married filing separate return, head of household, or qualifying widow(er) with dependent child) you fit into that determines such things as your filing requirement, your standard deduction, and your correct tax. These are the same categories listed on Forms 1040 and 1040A and shown in the headings of the Tax Table columns and the Tax Rate Schedules.
One of four tax ranks determined by your marital status, your dependents and the way you file your tax return: (1) single, (2) married filing jointly, (3) married filing separately and (4) head of household. Filing status determines your tax rates and your eligibility for various tax benefits (for example: alimony deduction, IRA deduction, standard deduction, etc.).
The category that defines the type of tax return form an individual will use. The filing status is closely tied to marital status. The various ways of filing include