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[twofors 30]

Trying to fill out the 1-34 Affidavit of Support. The document does not specifically request a copy of your tax return unless you are self employed; however, many seem to provide copies anyway. I am not self employed but feel compelled as others to provide adequate information for my beneficiaries interview. I also reviewed what type of evidence is acceptable. It seems that e-filed returns do not qualify as verification, but tax transcripts from the IRS do. Does anyone know if online tax transcripts printed from the IRS website are allowed?

[baron555 934]

Yes

[twofors 30]

Yes

Thank you for the answer. One other question. My gross annual income is adequate to qualify for sponsership. I am trying to determine what figure should be entered on the I-134 as I have pre-tax benefits that are not entered on the W-2 as wages, salaries, tips, etc.That income is listed separately in another box on the W-2. So if you add them up it equals the dollars that appear on the last pay stubb for 2013. My question is whether I should put the actual annual gross income that is evident from my pay stubs or the income dollars reported on the W-2 as wages, salaries, tips, etc? The letter from my employer will explain the wages with pre-tax deductions but that doesn't solve my question.

Edited June 17, 2014 by twofors

[Al422 221]

List all your income on the affidavit of support.

The reason 1040 form alone is not accepted is because you can fill your own numbers in on a blank 1040. Too easy to cheat. You need to back that up with a W-2.

Online IRS transcripts are the best because they don't lie. You can go to their website and download them instantly.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Thank you for the answer. One other question. My gross annual income is adequate to qualify for sponsership. I am trying to determine what figure should be entered on the I-134 as I have pre-tax benefits that are not entered on the W-2 as wages, salaries, tips, etc.That income is listed separately in another box on the W-2. So if you add them up it equals the dollars that appear on the last pay stubb for 2013. My question is whether I should put the actual annual gross income that is evident from my pay stubs or the income dollars reported on the W-2 as wages, salaries, tips, etc? The letter from my employer will explain the wages with pre-tax deductions but that doesn't solve my question.

Along with the IRS tax return transcript, use a letter from employer and/or most recent pay stubs to prove your current income, not what you made last year in 2013. You can take your hourly pay multiplied by hours worked per week and then multiply that by 52 to get your current annual income. You can also just multiply your weekly gross pay by 52 or bi-weekly pay by 26. If you have not received a raise at all so far this year, then I suppose using the YTD pay from your last pay stub in 2013 would work too.

[twofors 30]

Along with the IRS tax return transcript, use a letter from employer and/or most recent pay stubs to prove your current income, not what you made last year in 2013. You can take your hourly pay multiplied by hours worked per week and then multiply that by 52 to get your current annual income. You can also just multiply your weekly gross pay by 52 or bi-weekly pay by 26. If you have not received a raise at all so far this year, then I suppose using the YTD pay from your last pay stub in 2013 would work too.

Thanks for the responses. I plan on using copies 6 of my most recent pay stubs, a letter from my employer, a letter from my bank for my savings, copies of transcripts of the last 3 years tax returns, plus other anything else I can dig up. Hope it works.