My fiance has always been an unpaid caregiver and never filed taxes. Help!?

Question

My fiance is 33 and has never filed income taxes yet. He has lived his adult life as a "dependant" in exchange for caregiving. We're getting married, he is getting a full time job, and I want to know what I have to do to make sure that when he comes up on the radar finally paying taxes, that we deal with any issues head on. What can I expect to happen with this situation? Thanks!

Answer 1

talk to an accountant.

good luck with your marriage to a man-child.

Answer 2

If he was unpaid during that time, then there's nothing he needs to do - he'll just start paying taxes when he has a paying job, or when you get married, whichever comes first. Once you're married, even if he doesn't have job yet, you'll be able to file a joint return. There should not be any issues that you have to deal with because he hasn't filed until now.

The rules have changed, and unless he's disabled, he's no longer able to be claimed as a dependent by parents or whoever he's providing care to anyway, since he's over 24. Those rules were in effect last year also, so if someone claimed him last year, the IRS will disallow it. Once you're married, if you file a joint return, you'll get an exemption for each of you whether one or both of you is working at a paid job.

Answer 3

If he was unpaid - he has no declarable income. Unless you have income above a certain threshold ( and you can find out what that threshold is from the IRS), then he doesn't have to file taxes.

Talk to an accountant to make sure your bases are covered, but you might not have a problem here at all.

Answer 4

Since you fiance has not ever filed for a tax return, and has not ever paid taxes. Then there are no problems. Good luck to you both, the new job. and my your lives be filled with laughter.
From a care provider.

Answer 5

unless he now has huge amounts of money they won't bother.