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Deductions & credits
If you have no income, why are you filing a return?
If you choose to file a return, you have two options.
1. File as married filing separately. Ignore your spouse's income. Print your return, and write "NRA" in the space in the "Filing status" box where it asks for their name. File your return by mail. (If you need an SSN to get Turbotax to print, use 999-88-9999 and then cover it with white-out after you print.)
2. You can make an election to treat your spouse as a US person for tax purposes, and file a joint return as married filing jointly. However, this would require you to declare and pay US tax on your spouse's income, so this is probably not the choice you want to make. If you do want to make the election and file jointly, we can give you more detailed instructions on how to get an ITIN and so on.