KarenJ
Intuit Alumni

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

You can file married filing jointly.  This would be completed by preparing your return in TurboTax and printing it out, attaching a 6013 g election statement you prepare outside of TurboTax. and mailing the return to the IRS,

Please see attached link for IRS Publication 519, page 9, Publication 519 US Tax Guide for Aliens 

Please see link for treating your nonresident spouse as a resident.https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-alien-spouse

You will both need to include your worldwide income on the return.  Please see page 9 of the Publication 519 for the information you need to end this election choice.

How To Make the Choice
Attach a statement, signed by both spouses, to
your joint return for the first tax year for which
the choice applies. It should contain the follow-
ing information.
A declaration that one spouse was a non-
resident alien and the other spouse a U.S.
citizen or resident alien on the last day of
your tax year, and that you choose to be
treated as U.S. residents for the entire tax
year.
The name, address, and identification
number of each spouse. 


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