My wife does not yet have a visa to come to the U.S. I am still petioning her. We got married in July in her country. For tax purposes, am I single or do I file married but separate returns?
2007-09-13 14:10:58 · 5 answers · asked by 4TeamParlay 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Your marital status on December 31 determines your filing status. You are married and can file married jointly or married and filing separately.
2007-09-13 14:17:11 · answer #1 · answered by cleeroberts@sbcglobal.net 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your marital status on 12/31 determines your filing status for the year. Your choices will be Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately. To file a joint return with your non-resident alien spouse she will have to agree to have all of her world wide income subject to US taxation. She'll also need an ITIN since she's not eligible yet for an SSN. You can attach form W-7 to your first joint return to request the ITIN. Mail that return to the Austin, TX service center.
2007-09-13 16:10:31 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Married filing separately.
2007-09-13 15:06:20 · answer #3 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Married. But file separate. However, she is not in the USA and has not earned any money in the USA and if that remains true for the rest of 2007, she will not have to file at all)
Next year file joint.
2007-09-13 18:02:55 · answer #4 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is no particular subject in accordance to the IRS policies. you may the two document "Married submitting separately that's the least acceptable submitting status to apply or Married submitting together. attempt it the two procedures.
2016-11-15 04:27:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋