2009 tax question

[vijay10 0]

hello all , my wife will send tax paper for 2009 .can she fil as marred filing jointly even if im not in the us? or we can amend the tax return for 2009 when i'm in the us with a SSN?

[KillerMachineUSMC 0]

i had the same situation as you, there is a lot of ways to do, she can file w-7 for you in order to get you an ITIN or just ammend it by the time you get your ssn. What i did was i just filed single and wait until she got her SSN and we can ammend it.

[daboyz 36]

hello all , my wife will send tax paper for 2009 .can she fil as marred filing jointly even if im not in the us? or we can amend the tax return for 2009 when i'm in the us with a SSN?

I went back and amended my returns back to 2006 and changed to married filing jointly. Got a big check from the IRS.

[pushbrk 12,830]

hello all , my wife will send tax paper for 2009 .can she fil as marred filing jointly even if im not in the us? or we can amend the tax return for 2009 when i'm in the us with a SSN?

She can do either but amending later is generally simpler.

[vijay10 0]

She can do either but amending later is generally simpler.

do you send ur mariage certificate when u amend ur tax ?to change from singl to maried filing jointly?

Edited February 2, 2010 by vijay10

[pushbrk 12,830]

do you send ur mariage certificate when u amend ur tax ?to change from singl to maried filing jointly?

Not needed but doesn't hurt anything.

[vijay10 0]

Not needed but doesn't hurt anything.

if she dont send the marige paper how will the IRS know she was maried?

[pushbrk 12,830]

if she dont send the marige paper how will the IRS know she was maried?

They will simply accept both your signatures on the amended return.

[vijay10 0]

They will simply accept both your signatures on the amended return.

Thank you for your help