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I got married January of this year and last week filed my 2015 tax return. Since, I filled out my last year's W-4 as SINGLE and didn't get married til this year, I figured for last year's tax filing I need to file as single. But after reading the NVC process document on V.J. apparently I have 3 options while filing my taxes - married filing separately (MFS), married filing jointly (MFJ), or head of household (HOH).

So question to all of your wise folks on this forum --- Do I need to amend my taxes and file as Married filing separately? I'm expecting my wife's interview to be at the end of the year (November or December). Any advice is much appreciated.

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You're fine. Your marital status on the last day of the year is your marital status for the entire year. You were single on December 31, 2015 so you file single.

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I got married January of this year and last week filed my 2015 tax return. Since, I filled out my last year's W-4 as SINGLE and didn't get married til this year, I figured for last year's tax filing I need to file as single. But after reading the NVC process document on V.J. apparently I have 3 options while filing my taxes - married filing separately (MFS), married filing jointly (MFJ), or head of household (HOH).

So question to all of your wise folks on this forum --- Do I need to amend my taxes and file as Married filing separately? I'm expecting my wife's interview to be at the end of the year (November or December). Any advice is much appreciated.

I tried to file as married filing separately and the tax agent told me I can't do that unless he has a social security or a tax number with the IRS. So now I will have to amend it when he gets one of those. I'm just worried it will cause me problem's.

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I tried to file as married filing separately and the tax agent told me I can't do that unless he has a social security or a tax number with the IRS. So now I will have to amend it when he gets one of those. I'm just worried it will cause me problem's.

You were told wrong, you don't need a SSN or ITIN for Married Filing Separately.

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You were told wrong, you don't need a SSN or ITIN for Married Filing Separately.

 


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I seen the computer program it wouldn't let him complete the tax forms with out one of them filled in. He also called a supervisor over to see if theres a way around it and they also said no. So I'm not sure. When I did research thatS all I could find is he needs his ITIN number for you to do that. So how do I than?
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I seen the computer program it wouldn't let him complete the tax forms with out one of them filled in. He also called a supervisor over to see if theres a way around it and they also said no. So I'm not sure. When I did research thatS all I could find is he needs his ITIN number for you to do that. So how do I than?

That's because he was trying to file online. All you have to do is complete the form but if no SSN or ITIN it has to be mailed in. Goodness they should be trained enough to know that. When you print off the form just write NRA where spouse SSN would be.

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That's because he was trying to file online. All you have to do is complete the form but if no SSN or ITIN it has to be mailed in. Goodness they should be trained enough to know that. When you print off the form just write NRA where spouse SSN would be.

Well my husband has applied for the itin and now I will have to amend it since my taxes have been filed already for 2 years as single because of this agent.

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