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Hi, I have a question about how to do Married Filing Jointly with my husband who entered the US at the end of September 2018 under a spousal visa.  

 

He has his Green Card and a SSN.  He had a part time job from October 2018 til the end of the year and made about $3000, but before coming to the US, he didn't work in his home country for the year 2018 and earned no  foreign income.

 

Since my husband did not earn any foreign income for the 2018 tax year, do we have to mail in the affidavit saying that we want him to be treated as a resident alien for the entire year?  Or can we just eFile on Turbo Tax normally?  I'm able to get to the part on Turbo Tax where it asks if I want to eFIle.  It doesn't prompt me to include anything else.  

 

Any advice is much appreciated.  Thank you.

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I would just e-file as directed by TurboTax.......

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14 minutes ago, np1001 said:

Hi, I have a question about how to do Married Filing Jointly with my husband who entered the US at the end of September 2018 under a spousal visa.  

 

He has his Green Card and a SSN.  He had a part time job from October 2018 til the end of the year and made about $3000, but before coming to the US, he didn't work in his home country for the year 2018 and earned no  foreign income.

 

Since my husband did not earn any foreign income for the 2018 tax year, do we have to mail in the affidavit saying that we want him to be treated as a resident alien for the entire year?  Or can we just eFile on Turbo Tax normally?  I'm able to get to the part on Turbo Tax where it asks if I want to eFIle.  It doesn't prompt me to include anything else.  

 

Any advice is much appreciated.  Thank you.

If you are going to include something like a statement, that makes your return not electronically fillable.   Since your husband meets the green card test then the statement isn't needed 

YMMV

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