question regarding tax return and AOS

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

Somewhere I read that you must need tax return for last 5 years when u file for your naturalization /Citizenship. For the safe side I would do tax return with zero income. Atleast I have records @ federal income fund.

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[jhp 10]

thanks a lot my friends for ur precious advice....plz keep doing ....

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Then how do you answer the question HAVE YOU EVER FAILED TO FILE TAX RETURNS on the citizenship forms? If you have failed to file, it will cause problems.

It should not be taken literally, it means if you failed to file while you were required (meaning, you had income that was taxable)

[bigdog 376]

If a person is permenant resident and studying (and did not work )then how can he file a tax return without income???? I lived in USA for 5 month in 2010 after immigrating to usa last year..Is it must for me to file belated tax return for AOS with Nil amount???? plz help me ....

You are required to file. If you did work and got paid? Who claimed you on their taxes?

[Housni&Marie 7]

What about moral character? " just because you don't need to from no income " so you just don't do it? Not to mention I keep seeing/reading articles posted about having to file taxes even USCs when they have no income because the IRS will catch up to you and make you back file etc.

My packet I got from USCIS had an updated file to the link I posted and said that to keep your PR status and etc you must file taxes.

A single person under the age 65 is NOT required to file taxes if their total gross income is under $9,350. This is from the IRS 1040 instructions.

From the link you posted -

If you are a permanent resident and intend to maintain permanent resident status, you should file a Federal tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and any applicable State, city, and local tax returns when required to do so. Under immigration law, a permanent resident who is required to file a tax return as a resident and fails to do so, or who files a nonresident alien tax form, may be considered to have abandoned his or her status and may lose permanent resident status.

He is not required to file taxes. Moral character has nothing to do with it.

[Barbara J 115]

A single person under the age 65 is NOT required to file taxes if their total gross income is under $9,350. This is from the IRS 1040 instructions.

From the link you posted -

If you are a permanent resident and intend to maintain permanent resident status, you should file a Federal tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and any applicable State, city, and local tax returns when required to do so. Under immigration law, a permanent resident who is required to file a tax return as a resident and fails to do so, or who files a nonresident alien tax form, may be considered to have abandoned his or her status and may lose permanent resident status.

He is not required to file taxes. Moral character has nothing to do with it.

Ok you all have me confused you are talking single tax return. Inky is married like me and we filed joint return as I don't work either and have not earned any income but I go on my husbands tax return. In Australia a single person earning under 5,000 I think it is may be more now does not have to file a tax return. So I would assume the US is the same way as Anh said .