<title>Set your filing status for estimating taxes</title>
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<klink type="prcdr">How do I select my filing status for estimating my taxes?</klink>
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<tease>Why?</tease>
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<p>Your filing status affects the amount of taxes withheld from your pay. If your filing status changes<mdash/>for example, if you get married or have a child<mdash/>you should change it in your Money file. Money can then accurately estimate the amount you should have withheld and the number of exemptions you should claim to have that amount withheld.</p>
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<li>Go to the <emph>Tax Estimator</emph>.</li>
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<p>On the <emph>Taxes</emph> menu, click <emph>Tax Estimator</emph>.</p>
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<li>In the <emph>Filing status</emph> box, select the appropriate status.</li>