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Filing Taxes as Single

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6 minutes ago, olaade said:

I'm struggling with the ITIN process for my husband. How badly will it hurt our case if I file as single? Filing jointly has been a struggle. It it necessary to file as married?

Because you are lying on a Federal document. You are not single.

 

File Married filing separate and you are good.

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33 minutes ago, olaade said:

I'm struggling with the ITIN process for my husband. How badly will it hurt our case if I file as single? Filing jointly has been a struggle. It it necessary to file as married?

You cannot legally file as single if you are married.  Your options are:

Married filing jointly-  ITIN or SSN needed

Married filing separately- ITIN or SSN not needed

Head of Household (if you qualify)

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20 hours ago, olaade said:

I'm struggling with the ITIN process for my husband. How badly will it hurt our case if I file as single? Filing jointly has been a struggle. It it necessary to file as married?

I had this exact issue a while ago. This is what you do, like CrazyCat said, you file as Married filing separately and for SSN you put down "NRA" - Non Resident Alien.

 

Now the SSN part on your taxes will not be accepted if you put down all zeroes or whatnot. "NRA" is the official abbreviation you need to use according to the IRS ().

 

In fact I filed Single just like you thought and later when I found that this is not correct, I simply went back and filed amendments to correct the years I needed to fix.

 

I used TaxAct as it has excellent support for this and they keep everything online with options to amend at any time. Very convenient.

 

IRS says this:
 

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Select this filing status by checking the “Married filing separately” box on the Filing Status line at the top of Form 1040 or 1040-SR. Enter your spouse's full name and SSN or ITIN in the entry space at the bottom of the Filing Status section. If your spouse doesn't have and isn't required to have an SSN or ITIN, enter “NRA” in the space for your spouse's SSN. Use the Married filing separately column of the Tax Table, or Section C of the Tax Computation Worksheet, to figure your tax.

2022 Publication 17 (irs.gov)

 

Since I did this and we're going to travel to the US next month, I will file amended returns for 3 years once my wife and kids gets their SSNs and fill them in and get my tax returns for 3 years.

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