AOS Joint income return tax

[simonplus 0]

hi there,

I will be filing joint income return taxes with my spouse next week - can my wife place the combined amount we earned in 2015 in the income return tax field on form I-874 for year 2015? Or she has to place what she earned without my income? Would you recommend to file taxes separately?

I will be filing the AOS paperwork by the end of the month.

Thanks to you all for your help.

[newacct 688]

She puts her current (right now) income in the question that asks for her current income. She put the "total income" number from her tax return from the past year (which, if she filed jointly, is the joint tax return) in the question that asks for that.