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Ikeepgettingscrewed
I'm not filing as married. I followed the wizards on both the H&R Block and Turbo Tax online free apps and I selected in both that my status was legally separated in 2009, so they both said that I have to file as single. I already got my divorce, in March of this year. (in case there's any confusion, NC has this idiotic law by which you can't file for divorce until you've been separated for one year and one day).
Looking at the W4 online I believe I entered three deductions, all of them according to my situation both in 2004 that didn't change until March of this year. The item A says: "A Enter “1” for yourself if no one else can claim you as a dependent" so entered 1 for that since it's true. I also entered 1 under item B since I was in the category "You are married, have only one job, and your spouse does not work". Although separated, for all of 2009, I was legally married (not by choice, but because of the stupid law I mentioned above). And finally, item C says: "Enter “1” for your spouse. But, you may choose to enter “-0-” if you are married and have either a working spouse or more than one job." Well, I had a spouse and I was legally married during 2009. So I didn't fill out anything that I wasn't entitled to.