Tax return questions

[JeniLovesMarwan 0]

I have some questions I know you cannot combine income. My mother and father file their taxes jointly however its my mothers income my father really didnt make enough to even add to the taxes. My question is how will the embassy know that Im only using my mother's income on tax returns and not trying to combine them both since they file jointly? Also the only thing I see with a 1099 with tax returns is for my father for the little income that he made. I was told the 1099 is to report miscellaneous income so that would be my father. My mother doesnt have any miscellaneous income only what is on her tax returns for her TOTAL income. And since I cannot combine their incomes I shouldnt send in the 1099's that have my fathers name because we dont need his income. So Im guessing just all pages of their tax returns 1040, all the schedules and the W-2 for that year is this correct? I dont see anything with a 1099 with my mothers name on it. Just for my father for the small amount of money he made for last year which isnt really enough to even add to any tax returns.

I also know I must include my mother's birth certificate along with the I-864A to prove she is a United States citizen. I dont know if she ever obtained her original birth certificate but she does have that says the state and county she was born in and her birthdate and at the top it says "CERTIFIED COPY OF RECORD OF BIRTH" would this be ok to send?

thanks so much

[Lenie7 0]

I have some questions I know you cannot combine income. My mother and father file their taxes jointly however its my mothers income my father really didnt make enough to even add to the taxes. My question is how will the embassy know that Im only using my mother's income on tax returns and not trying to combine them both since they file jointly? Also the only thing I see with a 1099 with tax returns is for my father for the little income that he made. I was told the 1099 is to report miscellaneous income so that would be my father. My mother doesnt have any miscellaneous income only what is on her tax returns for her TOTAL income. And since I cannot combine their incomes I shouldnt send in the 1099's that have my fathers name because we dont need his income. So Im guessing just all pages of their tax returns 1040, all the schedules and the W-2 for that year is this correct? I dont see anything with a 1099 with my mothers name on it. Just for my father for the small amount of money he made for last year which isnt really enough to even add to any tax returns.

I also know I must include my mother's birth certificate along with the I-864A to prove she is a United States citizen. I dont know if she ever obtained her original birth certificate but she does have that says the state and county she was born in and her birthdate and at the top it says "CERTIFIED COPY OF RECORD OF BIRTH" would this be ok to send?

thanks so much

If your parents filed a joint return, even though you are just using her income, you should include everything that was filed with the tax return. However, you would only need to list her income on the forms and give proof of her current income for immigration purposes. Just send in a copy of everything filed and you should be fine. A copy of the certified copy of her birth certificate is fine to send.

Edited October 7, 2009 by Dalene

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I have some questions I know you cannot combine income. My mother and father file their taxes jointly however its my mothers income my father really didnt make enough to even add to the taxes. My question is how will the embassy know that Im only using my mother's income on tax returns and not trying to combine them both since they file jointly? Also the only thing I see with a 1099 with tax returns is for my father for the little income that he made. I was told the 1099 is to report miscellaneous income so that would be my father. My mother doesnt have any miscellaneous income only what is on her tax returns for her TOTAL income. And since I cannot combine their incomes I shouldnt send in the 1099's that have my fathers name because we dont need his income. So Im guessing just all pages of their tax returns 1040, all the schedules and the W-2 for that year is this correct? I dont see anything with a 1099 with my mothers name on it. Just for my father for the small amount of money he made for last year which isnt really enough to even add to any tax returns.

I also know I must include my mother's birth certificate along with the I-864A to prove she is a United States citizen. I dont know if she ever obtained her original birth certificate but she does have that says the state and county she was born in and her birthdate and at the top it says "CERTIFIED COPY OF RECORD OF BIRTH" would this be ok to send?

thanks so much

This is in the AOS forum and you are asking about the I-864, yes? You CAN combine incomes on the I-864. If they are in the same household one files the I-864 and the other files an I-864a. If you are all living in the same household you can all combine your incomes. This is the I-864 not the I-134.

If you use only one, then you claim only the income of one person on the I-864 and submit the joint tax return but only the joint-sponsor's w-2s or 1099s. They'll figure it out. If both have incomes and only one is sponsoring the one sponsoring does not have to include the spuse in family size as the spuse has their own income. But I do not see why you would take points off the board, let them both joint sponsor