About Dependent?

[Sand 5]

Hello, i got a question about Taxes.

well i never worked, but my spouse added me on the taxes papers, as DEPENDENT .. so do u think i should to send the last 3 years of tax papers to USCIS when i apply for my Citizenship ??

Thank you.

[ecuaciones0809 0]

yes, send it and maybe add an explanation letter stating that you have not worked

Hello, i got a question about Taxes.

well i never worked, but my spouse added me on the taxes papers, as DEPENDENT .. so do u think i should to send the last 3 years of tax papers to USCIS when i apply for my Citizenship ??

Thank you.

[NickD 203]

yes, send it and maybe add an explanation letter stating that you have not worked

Hello, i got a question about Taxes.

well i never worked, but my spouse added me on the taxes papers, as DEPENDENT .. so do u think i should to send the last 3 years of tax papers to USCIS when i apply for my Citizenship ??

Thank you.

Technically, you are not a dependent but a spouse filing a joint return with this box checked, "Married filing jointly (even if only one had income)". And for exemptions, "Boxes checked on 6a and 6b" the number 2 following that. This is what the USCIS would like to see. The dependents follow that are normally your children or other qualifying dependents.

Technically the lines "Your first name and initial" and "If a joint return, spouse’s first name and initial" should be all what your IO should need to see, but my wife told me her IO went page by page, she was nosy. It doesn't make any difference if you are working or not, but getting rare in todays economy, mommy use to stay home with the kids.

[lucyrich 20]

A spouse is NEVER a dependent for tax purposes. See here:

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p501/ar02....ublink100041821

And scroll down to where it says "Your Spouse's Exemption". The paragraph has one sentence, "Your spouse is never considered your dependent".

If you mean instead that he claimed your exemption, then the two of you should have filed as married, filing jointly. That would probably have been the most beneficial way to file anyway, especially if one of you had no income, because the tax rates are lower.

Anyway, if the two of you filed joint returns, definitely send them in, just like the M-476 checklist tells you to. In fact, follow the M-476 checklist regardless of how taxes were filed (but if they were filed incorrectly, you may want to see about filing amended returns). The fact that you personally show no income on the joint return doesn't matter.

[Sand 5]

Oh Thank you so much that was so helpful. Oh "NickD" i looked at the papers and Yes there is checked on Married Filing Jointly and on the exemptions 2 checked on 6a and b, well i am glad i asked see i am a newbie with this things lol..

and Ty lucyrich for ur help

Oh sorry for edit.

but fast a question, do i need to send this papers with my N-400 application???

i meant the Joint tax returns ??

Edited December 10, 2009 by Sand

[lucyrich 20]

but fast a question, do i need to send this papers with my N-400 application???

i meant the Joint tax returns ??

See the document checklist at the back of the M-476

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

If you are applying for naturalization on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen, send the following four items:

... deleted items 1 - 3 ...

4. Documents referring to you and your spouse:

• Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children, or

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-certified copies of the income tax forms that you both filed for the past three years, or

• An IRS tax return transcript for the last three years.

So you might want to send transcripts instead of the returns themselves, but if you're applying based on marriage, they'll want you to send the tax information in one form or another.

It's probably best to go through that entire document checklist at the back of the M-476 in detail to make sure you've got everything they want.

[Sand 5]

but fast a question, do i need to send this papers with my N-400 application???

i meant the Joint tax returns ??

See the document checklist at the back of the M-476

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf

If you are applying for naturalization on the basis of marriage to a U.S. citizen, send the following four items:

... deleted items 1 - 3 ...

4. Documents referring to you and your spouse:

• Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children, or

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-certified copies of the income tax forms that you both filed for the past three years, or

• An IRS tax return transcript for the last three years.

So you might want to send transcripts instead of the returns themselves, but if you're applying based on marriage, they'll want you to send the tax information in one form or another.

It's probably best to go through that entire document checklist at the back of the M-476 in detail to make sure you've got everything they want.

Thanks lucyrich for help.

but would u explain to me what is the difference between Return and transcripts ??? because i have 1040X form ? so do u think this is the one they looking for ?

Thank you.

Edited December 10, 2009 by Sand

[lucyrich 20]

A transcript comes from the IRS government office. You can order them by calling 1-800-829-1040. They're free. They're smaller than your actual return, because it's a computer printout without all of the text and blank space that's on a printed return.

A tax return would just be a photocopy of what you mailed to the IRS. You would make it based on your records.

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=110571,00.html

[Sand 5]

A transcript comes from the IRS government office. You can order them by calling 1-800-829-1040. They're free. They're smaller than your actual return, because it's a computer printout without all of the text and blank space that's on a printed return.

A tax return would just be a photocopy of what you mailed to the IRS. You would make it based on your records.

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=110571,00.html

So, should i call and ask the IRS to send me the transcript ?? and what if i send my tax return it will work ? sorry new on this things lol

Edited December 11, 2009 by Sand

[Sand 5]

A transcript comes from the IRS government office. You can order them by calling 1-800-829-1040. They're free. They're smaller than your actual return, because it's a computer printout without all of the text and blank space that's on a printed return.

A tax return would just be a photocopy of what you mailed to the IRS. You would make it based on your records.

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=110571,00.html

So, should i call and ask the IRS to send me the transcript ?? and what if i send my tax return it will work ? sorry new on this things lol

Oh Thanks again i guess i am going to make a copies of my 1040x Tax return and send them

[NickD 203]

A transcript comes from the IRS government office. You can order them by calling 1-800-829-1040. They're free. They're smaller than your actual return, because it's a computer printout without all of the text and blank space that's on a printed return.

A tax return would just be a photocopy of what you mailed to the IRS. You would make it based on your records.

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=110571,00.html

So, should i call and ask the IRS to send me the transcript ?? and what if i send my tax return it will work ? sorry new on this things lol

Oh Thanks again i guess i am going to make a copies of my 1040x Tax return and send them

They do want the last three years with copies of your W-2's and 1099's though I don't know why, ours had the IRS label on them showing both our names as filing a joint return. I also tossed in four years, as a hint to how slow our processing was, but wife's IO only wanted three.

A friend had problems with the conditional as he didn't have his wife on his home deed, let him go on that as he brought in a letter from his bank showing he would have to pay a bundle of money for refinancing and a copy of our state statues showing when married in this state, the house was half her anyway. Then they had to go through the same thing again for USC. My home was paid off, but didn't want to pay an attorney 500 bucks to add her name, so working with my register of deeds, did it myself, the big problem I had was finding the form, but found that, only took a couple of minutes to fill it out, and only cost me ten bucks. But they still wanted that utility bill besides everything else we sent in. You don't know what to expect from your IO.

[Sand 5]

Hi NickD would u explain to me what is W-2's and 1099's ?? well all what we have our tax returns form 1040X is this what they looking for ??? and for sure soon we are going to file for Tax 2009.