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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
Yes, here are the options for filing the return.
- Attach a statement to your tax return, signed by both spouses, that states that one spouse is a nonresident alien and the other is a U.S. citizen or resident, and you are choosing to both be treated as US residents for the tax year.
- List the name, address and Social Security number (or Individual Taxpayer Identification number) of each spouse. You will need to complete a Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw7.pdf). This form will be attached to your tax return. Turbo Tax does not support the Form W-7. You can complete it outside of Turbo Tax. You will have to print, sign and mail your return in if you are using Form W-7. If you haven't received an ITIN or Social Security number prior to filing, leave the Social Security number blank and you will need to file this return by mail.
- For the first year you make the choice, you have to file a joint return. In later years you can file joint or separate returns. Married Filing Jointly will give you a higher standard deduction and has other benefits that are not available using a married filing separately status, but you do have to include your spouse’s worldwide income in joint income.
You can also file Married Filing Separate by:
- Prepare your return in TurboTax by choosing the option as Married Filing Separately.
- When you get to the Let’s get ready to e-file screen, select File by Mail.
- TurboTax will give you an error regarding the missing Social Security number or ITIN for your spouse. Proceed to print with the error, but write Nonresident Alien or NRA in the space for your spouse’s Social Security number before mailing in your return.
- Mail the return to the address on the instruction sheet that prints with the return.
Perhaps this is the year your spouse can apply for the ITIN and you can file jointly. You will need to mail this in the first year but file electronically once your spouse has received an ITIN or SSN.
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January 24, 2023
2:52 PM