Do you have to include work or can you use assets alone

[norotonfd 1]

If I am self employed and my income is negative but my assets easily meet the requirements, do I just write 0 for income and include my tax returns?

I have proof of all my assets and their value to include, but my business (aka salary) is not generating profit this year.

[diadromous mermaid 36]

If I am self employed and my income is negative but my assets easily meet the requirements, do I just write 0 for income and include my tax returns?

I have proof of all my assets and their value to include, but my business (aka salary) is not generating profit this year.

How do you support yourself? Do you have investment income or something?

The business may not be making a profit, but do you draw any funds from the business?

Bear in mind that the income that USCIS is looking for is not that of the entity, but yours. And along that same line, the assets that could be used to support a sponsored alien are also yours and not an entity's?

[wannabe_texan 0]

My husband is retired, and as such doesn't have an income that is enough to file a tax return. We used his assets; house, car, money in bank, and put nothing in the income. They will ask you why you are not using your tax returns so be prepared to show them or explain why you didn't make enough to file a return. In our case, his house was more than enough to fulfill the 5x requirement, but we showed other assets for extra credit. We did get an RFE for all bank statements (my husband doesn't usually keep his, and so we just had a balance sheet from the bank with average balance for the year on it, in our initial app). So we got copies of monthly statements and all was well.

Hope this helps.