Another stupid tax thread

[sweetestcherry 0]

So, I'm kind of in panic mode right now, because I believe that I filed my income taxes incorrectly.

Husband moved here from the UK in May, we married in July, he worked the last 2 weeks of 2005. We filed jointly as a married couple for 2005. However, we didn't fill out any additional forms regarding any income from the UK, because I assumed he would do that separately there. He owns no property, has no investments or anything in the UK, so it would be straight up income made from employment (which was little, he was a factory worker). Was there something additional we should have done?

I'm sorry for the redundancy, but I'm now panicking. We have our greencard interview in less than a month and I was hoping to present our return to them. I just don't want anything to look suspicious whatsoever, to them or to the IRS, because of my ignorance.

Edited February 13, 2006 by sweetestcherry

[tweety 1]

This here might help you find an answer:

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/intern...d=96433,00.html

[Yodrak 7]

sweetestcherry,

See IRS Publication 519 and Form 2555 (or 2555-EZ) and its instructions.

US taxpayers are taxed on their world-wide income, and your husband was a US taxpayer in 2005. However, although foreign-earned income must be reoported, some of it can probably be excluded and will not be subject to US income taxes.

Yodrak

So, I'm kind of in panic mode right now, because I believe that I filed my income taxes incorrectly.

Husband moved here from the UK in May, we married in July, he worked the last 2 weeks of 2005. We filed jointly as a married couple for 2005. However, we didn't fill out any additional forms regarding any income from the UK, because I assumed he would do that separately there. He owns no property, has no investments or anything in the UK, so it would be straight up income made from employment (which was little, he was a factory worker). Was there something additional we should have done?

I'm sorry for the redundancy, but I'm now panicking. We have our greencard interview in less than a month and I was hoping to present our return to them. I just don't want anything to look suspicious whatsoever, to them or to the IRS, because of my ignorance.