More W7 questions

[lostsoul 0]

damn.. I need to do this too.. my wife should be here on the 13th and I need to do taxes.. so the run down is

Do a w-7 form and attach it to the 1040a (no need to send w-7 form first?) and sign up a married -joint so we can get some moeny back? My girl has not worked and I have been sending her money for school and living needs

ahhhhh... beeer.. I need beer

yeah, if she's here to sign the federal tax return AND the W7, then filed married joint and mail in both the federal and W7 together to the special address (in philly) which is noted in the W7. as i know, if she can't sign the federal tax return & furnish proof of her income overseas, then you'll have to file married seperately, but will still need the W7 signed by her.

great info thanks. I'm just worried that if I do signed joint but the only proof of income for her I can give is the western union copies of the moeny I sent to her. haha.. damn why do they make it hard on everyone.. humm

[mchina34 0]

damn.. I need to do this too.. my wife should be here on the 13th and I need to do taxes.. so the run down is

Do a w-7 form and attach it to the 1040a (no need to send w-7 form first?) and sign up a married -joint so we can get some moeny back? My girl has not worked and I have been sending her money for school and living needs

ahhhhh... beeer.. I need beer

yeah, if she's here to sign the federal tax return AND the W7, then filed married joint and mail in both the federal and W7 together to the special address (in philly) which is noted in the W7. as i know, if she can't sign the federal tax return & furnish proof of her income overseas, then you'll have to file married seperately, but will still need the W7 signed by her.

great info thanks. I'm just worried that if I do signed joint but the only proof of income for her I can give is the western union copies of the moeny I sent to her. haha.. damn why do they make it hard on everyone.. humm

man, i'm not sure, but i don't think that's income, that's outcome. ;-) if she worked at all you will need to furnish proof. you could of course lie to the federal government and hope you don't get sent to Gitmobay if they catch you, as I don't think they can or at least will verify her income in a foreign country, but I don't recommend it.

why do they make it hard is a million dollar question. it's so far the worst service my government has has ever given me is all i know. they are increasing the fees though (as per a recent new article), so perhaps things will get done quicker with the money, but that is probably being wishful. yeah, time for a beer...

go colts!!

[lostsoul 0]

haha.. Colts all the way!.. since my Dallas is waiting for the side lines

Once I started the paper work over a year ago her family decided (without me) that she didnt need to work any more and I can just send her money She took 2 classes one for nail training and one for english.. so far I'm not impressed with either. so it all makes me want to Hopefully, if I send in the w-7 with the 1040a and do married and joint, then I might be able to get something back for this year... either that or have a cell next to westly snipes! haha

[Geist 0]

Man, I was going to start a topic asking about this too but fortunately someone else did so for me I ended up calling the IRS to get the info and I pretty much have to file married, jointly so that I can get the deduction for my student loan interest payments (you can't deduct it if you file married separately! what the hell?). Fortunately, my husband is still studying in Finland so he doesn't have much income to speak of...it's less than $8,000 at least. Should I try to get it included on the tax return?

[The_dip_sticks 0]

Do we need to send it a notarized copy of the entire passport or just the main part of the flap that shows all the information and picture? I really dont feel safe sending my husbands actual passport. Would it be ok to send notorized copies of his drivers license and birth certificate or just like I said the first part of the passport? Also if he has no income for this past year what do we do? Do we still have to fill out a form for 0 world wide income a letter explaining the situation?

Edited February 5, 2007 by The_dip_sticks

[mchina34 0]

Man, I was going to start a topic asking about this too but fortunately someone else did so for me I ended up calling the IRS to get the info and I pretty much have to file married, jointly so that I can get the deduction for my student loan interest payments (you can't deduct it if you file married separately! what the hell?). Fortunately, my husband is still studying in Finland so he doesn't have much income to speak of...it's less than $8,000 at least. Should I try to get it included on the tax return?

for the last two people: when i was at the tax place, they had a book on the IRS rules, and it said that you have to have a letter explaining the situation (don't remember the details) and proof of the 'world-wide income'. your spouse will also need to sign the federal return if you file joint, but won't need to if filed married separately.

for me it was a difference of about 150 dollars, but it would cost me 40 bucks just to send the federal tax return portion back to china via fedex so she could sign it and another 200rmb or so for her to get it back to me, and a pain in the ####### for my wife to get some payment statements, so i chose married seperately. might want to think about how you will get that federal return signed if he/she isn't in the US.

as for passport, i sent the original, as a few other people on VJ said that the IRS prefers the original. you can send in a notarized copy of it, though.

--- yeah, anyone reading this that originally posted (the boys and girls that seem to be experts or already filed), feel free to answer my new questions on the first page.