<prompt> Human: Mostly just what the title says, Im a dumbass who didnt update her W-4. If we file as married and are audited will there be an issue? Im not really sure it would be to our benefit to file as married based on some previous posts and replies. My husband made roughly 37k before taxes, I had a weird year of a leaving one job, making very little for 4 months while I studied fortook the Bar and then started a new job. I would ballpark I made around 32k before taxes. Since those are similar amounts I have read it may not be beneficial to file married? But I might be over thinking this.  <response>: Your w-4 just determines how much is withheld. You should, and in fact must, file your taxes as married. Its most likely the case that you were correct leaving your w-4 as is. If all your husband did was change his withholding status to married without altering his allowances, theres a very good chance that he ended up underwithholding. The married setting on the w-4 is for people with a non-working spouse.Do your taxes and see if you oweget a refund. If youre coming out about even, leave your w-4 as is. 