Hello,
Thanks much for the guidance on this topic so far. Could you give me your advice on my scenario. I’m a resident alien, been living in US for more than 10 years and currently in New Jersey. I got recently married and my wife is arriving in US next week from her home country. We chose to file as “married filing jointly” and already applied for her ITIN few days back through an authorized agent. I guess it’ll take around 2-3 months from now to get the ITIN.
For federal return: can I enter my spouse ITIN in the tax return form as “applied for” and file (by mail) before the April 15th deadline? or should I file for extension first and wait to file the tax return only after getting my spouse ITIN?
How about for New Jersey state tax return? can I enter the ITIN as “applied for” in the tax return form and file before the deadline? or should I file for extension and wait until we get the ITIN.
Please advise, thank you!
