I did some online research to figure out the answer but am also writing here to ask/clarify a few things. Thank you in advance.
If a person is a green card holder, who is currently living abroad, hasn't ever filed taxes before, married to a nonresident alien, and have a US citizen child under 10, wants to file taxes, I see that they can either do it jointly, or married filing separately or as head of household.
1. When the person files, they will choose not to file jointly so as not to have to include the income of the nonresident alien spouse nor treat the spouse as a tax resident. Their income will therefore be $0.
2. Since the child is being supported solely on the spouse's income, could the child be a qualifying child /dependent on this person's tax forms whether they file as married filing separately or as head of household?
3. Since the IRS has no information on this person, the IRS has not sent a notice 1444. Without that, is there a way to file for the recover rebate credit? Will it be available from the online IRS account?
