If you maintain a residence with your spouse and financially support them, your spouse may be a dependent in a financial sense but not for tax purposes. Essentially, you can't claim someone as a dependent for the tax year unless that person is your qualifying dependent: either a qualifying relative or qualifying child.
If you maintain a residence with your spouse and financially support them, your spouse may be a dependent in a financial sense but not for tax purposes. Essentially, you can't claim someone as a dependent for the tax year unless that person is your qualifying dependent: either a qualifying relative or qualifying child.
But did you know you can claim adult dependents as well? In general, an adult that you can claim as a dependent on your tax return is either a full-time student under the age of 24, a person who is permanently and totally disabled, or a parent that you support and/or care for.
You do not claim a spouse as a dependent. When you are married and living together, you can only file a tax return as either Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately. You would want to file as MFJ even if one spouse has little or no income.
The Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA) is $109,560 and the Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance (MMMNA) is $2,739.
You must: Provide our department's "Evidence of Impairment" - Form 1GA to verify an impairment that prevents basic work activities in any occupation. The form must be completed by a health care professional that meets the credentials listed in our policy.
(1) General Assistance provides temporary financial assistance to single persons and married couples who have no dependent children residing with them 50% or more of the time and who have a physical or mental health impairment that prevents the client from working any number of hours at all in any occupation.
You are 60 to 64 years of age. you are a Canadian citizen or a legal resident. you have resided in Canada for at least 10 years since the age of 18. you and your spouse or common-law partner's annual combined income is less than $40,800.