If I am Canadian and my husband is American and he files his income tax for Canadian ONLY source income as "Married filing seperate" does he need to put any of my information in there or can he leave the spouse information blank since he isn't claiming for any tax credits other then the Canada/US Tax Treaty?
2006-12-11 17:14:36 · 2 answers · asked by Jacq 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
My guess is that you are both living in Canada. When he files married filing separate on his US return, even though it is separate, your name is disclosed on the return. Because it is a separate return, none of your income information will appear, though. Just your name and SSN/ITIN. Since he is not claiming you for any deductions, or for the preferential married filing joint rates, you do not need an ITIN. He can simply write in "NRA" for non-resident alien where your SSN/ITIN would go on the 1040.
Going on the assumption that your tax homes are in Canada, rather than having to rely on a treaty exemption, he can claim the foreign earned income exclusion, while allows the taxpayer to earn up to USD 80,000 a year exempt from US federal income tax.
2006-12-12 02:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by jseah114 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We need to know which country you live in to be able to answer this question.
2006-12-12 07:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by skip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋