Form I-864 & Active Military duty

[NorthernBird 0]

Hi again guys,

My husband has been in the US Army for 8 years and we've gotten all of our paperwork in order for filing... except the I-864.

The requested proof is a transcript of his 2010 tax transcript. Ooops, since he was deployed when he made his taxes last year, he didn't get the paper return. No biggie, we ordered said transcript from the IRS and received it today.

To my surprise, said transcript (form 1040EZ) only contains his gross taxable income and not his gross income. Seeing as he was deployed for 11 months in 2010, his gross taxable income was only 2,800$. 2009? Deployed 6 months. 2008? Stationed in Germany (non-taxable).

We have proof of his military records, we have a monthly LES (Leave and Earnings Statement) we can print out and the IRS tramscript showing very little taxable income. Is that enough or should I contact the IRS to have them write an official letter that includes the total gross income for 2010? That sounds like a long wait...

Thank you!

[milimelo 4,508]

Hi again guys,

My husband has been in the US Army for 8 years and we've gotten all of our paperwork in order for filing... except the I-864.

The requested proof is a transcript of his 2010 tax transcript. Ooops, since he was deployed when he made his taxes last year, he didn't get the paper return. No biggie, we ordered said transcript from the IRS and received it today.

To my surprise, said transcript (form 1040EZ) only contains his gross taxable income and not his gross income. Seeing as he was deployed for 11 months in 2010, his gross taxable income was only 2,800$. 2009? Deployed 6 months. 2008? Stationed in Germany (non-taxable).

We have proof of his military records, we have a monthly LES (Leave and Earnings Statement) we can print out and the IRS tramscript showing very little taxable income. Is that enough or should I contact the IRS to have them write an official letter that includes the total gross income for 2010? That sounds like a long wait...

Thank you!

You definitely want to send his LES and highlight pertinent boxes - otherwise the income will not match up to what you claim he earned. Also, if necessary, spell it out to them in plain English so they understand what is what. IRS won't be of any help on this, it's down to you.

Good luck!