Tax transcripts. Adjusted gross income or gross income

[Imran99 11]

Hi guys 

I have a question about my tax return for 2018. I'm going to sponsor my wife.

I owe 29653 in the year 2018 and I have one dependent but in my tax return it shows adjusted gross income 17653 and total income is also 17653.

I'm confuses about that they are going to check my total income or adjusted gross income??

Please help 

[Ed&Midori1031 330]

3 minutes ago, Imran99 said:

Hi guys 

I have a question about my tax return for 2018. I'm going to sponsor my wife.

I owe 29653 in the year 2018 and I have one dependent but in my tax return it shows adjusted gross income 17653 and total income is also 17653.

I'm confuses about that they are going to check my total income or adjusted gross income??

Please help 

Your annual gross income (AGI) is the total income money of 2018.  So when it comes time to filling out the affidavit of support, that amount will be the number to use. 

[Imran99 11]

5 minutes ago, Ed&Midori1031 said:

Your annual gross income (AGI) is the total income money of 2018.  So when it comes time to filling out the affidavit of support, that amount will be the number to use. 

I earned 29653 but instead of paying the tax they refunded me 4404 and after that they put 17653 as a total income.

Is that going to be problem??

Is that consider in public charge if they refunded me??

[Ed&Midori1031 330]

11 minutes ago, Imran99 said:

I earned 29653 but instead of paying the tax they refunded me 4404 and after that they put 17653 as a total income.

Is that going to be problem??

Is that consider in public charge if they refunded me??

For that you would have to read what it says on the IRS website.  I'm not sure exactly in your case.  From what I'm guessing, your total earnings for 2018 were 29653, and 17653 would be your AGI after taxes.  

 

Shouldn't be a problem at all because for one of my tax years, it shows that my AGI was nearly $200, which is of course impossible to live off of for an entire year.  I was getting tax free money while deployed overseas, so I simply wrote to USCIS and explained why it showed so low of money for that year, when Ideally I earned over $45K in tax free money. 

Edited October 19, 2019 by Ed&Midori1031

[Crazy Cat 41,755]

26 minutes ago, Imran99 said:

Is that consider in public charge if they refunded me??

No.  Tax refunds are not considered under public charge rules.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[Immi896 4]

They will be looking at your total income not adjusted gross income. If you are filling form 1040 then line No.6 of your 2018 tax return is your total income. But if you are saying that your total income is $17000 then looks like you need a joint sponsor and looking at the recent Public charge rules, you should try to get a joint sponsor. your income must be 125% of the poverty level and here is the chart.