Working "Under the Table"

[Mrs. Forgetful 2]

My friend said that when she and her husband went to their AOS interview he was asked if he was working. He was workingunder the table and had been all year. They said something about him having to file an estimated amout of earnings he recieved for his taxes. We are trying to figure out how they are supposed to do this, and even if it is a good idea to tell this in the interview. Anyone know about working "under the table" prior to an EAD?

[Yodrak 7]

Mrs. Forgetful,

As your friend learned at her (her husband's?) AOS interview, working without EA is not a block for adjustment for spouses of USC's.

However, EA or not, 'working under the table' is frowned on by the IRS. And if one gets in trouble with the IRS they will eventually get in trouble with the CIS - not for working without EA, for cheating the US treasury of it's rightful share of one's earnings. The US government, CIS included, takes a dim view of tax cheats.

Yodrak

My friend said that when she and her husband went to their AOS interview he was asked if he was working. He was workingunder the table and had been all year. They said something about him having to file an estimated amout of earnings he recieved for his taxes. We are trying to figure out how they are supposed to do this, and even if it is a good idea to tell this in the interview. Anyone know about working "under the table" prior to an EAD?

Edited October 23, 2006 by Yodrak

[Kez/JWolf 6]

You would have to file an amended tax return to delcare the earning from underthetable work.....

Not a good way to start a new life and not worth the risks....

Kezzie