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Hi,

We are getting ready to send in the Removal of Conditions package in March and I have a question concerning joint taxes.

I (USA citizen) was unemployed all last year and my wife(from Philippines) works part-time as a care-giver.

What we would like to do is have my wife use me as a dependent for tax refund reasons. She will have a W2. Then I wouldn't file any taxes forms.

But I don't know how this would go over with the I-751 process.

Maybe it would be better to file jointly even though I don't owe any taxes and sacrifice any refund she might get for me being her dependent.

Any insight would be appreciated......

Thanks, Mike

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Hi,

We are getting ready to send in the Removal of Conditions package in March and I have a question concerning joint taxes.

I (USA citizen) was unemployed all last year and my wife(from Philippines) works part-time as a care-giver.

What we would like to do is have my wife use me as a dependent for tax refund reasons. She will have a W2. Then I wouldn't file any taxes forms.

But I don't know how this would go over with the I-751 process.

Maybe it would be better to file jointly even though I don't owe any taxes and sacrifice any refund she might get for me being her dependent.

Any insight would be appreciated......

Thanks, Mike

I think you can always amend the return at a later date!

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If you are married you have the option of filing either married filing jointly or married filing seperate.

A spouse cannot be claimed as a dependent but by filing together you will get the exemption for each of you.

Any unemployment benefit is deemed to be taxable income so that should be included on the return.

Married filing jointly is usually the best way to file to get the best tax benefits - filing seperately means you lose certain benefits.

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