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Hi everyone,

Just wondering how my wife should file her taxes.

We currently live in Canada and we are in the process of starting an IR visa application. We don't want to do it wrong and end up biting us.

I don't have a social security number no an ITIN number, how can she file? Obviously she cannot file as single.

 

How do you guys advice?

 

Thanks.

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Thread is moved from Off Topic to the Tax & Finances forum.

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09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

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2 hours ago, ykowalski said:

Hi everyone,

Just wondering how my wife should file her taxes.

We currently live in Canada and we are in the process of starting an IR visa application. We don't want to do it wrong and end up biting us.

I don't have a social security number no an ITIN number, how can she file? Obviously she cannot file as single.

 

How do you guys advice?

 

Thanks.

Married Filing Separately and mail it to the IRS. 

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19 hours ago, ykowalski said:

Hi everyone,

Just wondering how my wife should file her taxes.

We currently live in Canada and we are in the process of starting an IR visa application. We don't want to do it wrong and end up biting us.

I don't have a social security number no an ITIN number, how can she file? Obviously she cannot file as single.

 

How do you guys advice?

 

Thanks.

 When were you married? She can file as single if she was unmarried on Dec 31, 2019. 

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Just now, ykowalski said:

I believe she filed as single because we weren't living together in 2018. We got married towards the end of the year.

Would that be a problem?

Of course. She can't file as single, it doesn't matter if you live together or not. She will have to amend her 2018 tax return.

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ykowalski   11

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4 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

Of course. She can't file as single, it doesn't matter if you live together or not. She will have to amend her 2018 tax return.

Okay. Is that easily done?

How can she access her tax return? Can she do that online? I should mention that she didn't have any income in 2018, she was a student.

 

Edit: Sorry, she made some income from working as a student. Well below 10K.

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1 minute ago, ykowalski said:

Okay. Is that easily done?

How can she access her tax return? Can she do that online? I should mention that she didn't have any income in 2018, she was a student.

She will have to mail a 1040x to IRS. It also doesn't matter her income. If she filed taxes in 2018 as single and she was actually married, that's considered fraud.

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ykowalski   11

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4 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

She will have to mail a 1040x to IRS. It also doesn't matter her income. If she filed taxes in 2018 as single and she was actually married, that's considered fraud.

Pretty sure it was a mistake because they didn't know. They thought I have to have a SSN so she can file as married. SInce I've never lived in the US, I don't have a SSN.

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11 minutes ago, Ayrton said:

She will have to mail a 1040x to IRS. It also doesn't matter her income. If she filed taxes in 2018 as single and she was actually married, that's considered fraud.

Thank you for the info. She looked at it and it looks like it is straight forward to fill out.

So after she fills it out and sends it, does she need to do anything else? The issue will be fixed?

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