Listing your immigrant spouse as a dependant on your taxes.

[maryandatif 0]

Adding to this--and I'm sure it's already been asked--how do you file your taxes if your spouse has no SSN? The Form W-7 says submit only if you do not have or are not eligible to receive a SSN.

Does this apply? I'm running out of time!!!

We sent in the W-7 with the tax return, but I forgot to send in a copy of his passport

and by the time we got the letter asking for it--it was close to time for his EAD to arrive, so we didn't respond to the request and the W-7 wasa of course denied.

Mary K.

[TracyLuis 0]

What about just filing an extension?

[JackLuminous 0]

Wow..great topic! I was just about to ask a similar questions. Is there anything else I would have to do to file jointly? My wife has been here since last July so (I think) for tax purposes she's considered a resident (?). This is a dumb question, I know, but will IRS raise an issue if they see no W2 for my wife? She hasn't found a job yet.

Also, mucking around with Turbo Tax, it gives me the 3300 personal exemption/deduction as well as for my wife (she has SSN) for a total of 6600...wasn't sure if this was right.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Your wife doesn't have to be employed to be on a joint tax return, so no W-2 for her is necessary. Yes, the deduction doubles if you're married, so if you're a one income family (like mine) you pay significantly less taxes.

[lizaanne 0]

Ok - now I have more questions!

What will he need to provide to show his income in England from January-August?

He arrived Sept 1st, we married Sept 30th. Does this matter?

This has all been so helpful! Thank you everyone!!!

~Liza

[Daisy2007 0]

We filed married jointly.

Filed online with H&R Block Taxcut 2006

I don't have GC or EAD yet, I have SSN but with my maiden name.

We received the refund in about 14 days

[jen&darcy 0]

Ok - now I have more questions!

What will he need to provide to show his income in England from January-August?

He arrived Sept 1st, we married Sept 30th. Does this matter?

This has all been so helpful! Thank you everyone!!!

~Liza

I am trying to figure out the same thing. It states in Publication 519 that you can treat your nonresident spouse as a resident but you have to claim worldwide income. I am really trying to not going to a tax accountant but I am not sure I am going to be able to work around it. Darcy will be filing taxes in Canada too so why should we have to be double taxed?

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Ok - now I have more questions!

What will he need to provide to show his income in England from January-August?

He arrived Sept 1st, we married Sept 30th. Does this matter?

This has all been so helpful! Thank you everyone!!!

~Liza

He should have a P60 showing amount paid to him and amout of tax paid for the tax year 2005/2006, he can also work out how much from his paychecks from Jan 2006 to april 5th 2006 and from april 6th until he left his job he should have a P45 add the total wages together and that will be his Gross earnings, add the tax paid together and that will be the total tax paid...

Kez