topic My husband is in the process of legalizing his status, he has an ITIN number but no income for last year, how do I file? Jointly, separate?? in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-husband-is-in-the-process-of-legalizing-his-status-he-has-an-itin-number-but-no-income-for-last/01/728717#M293024 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:52:10 GMT t-bonaventura80 2019-06-06T15:52:10Z My husband is in the process of legalizing his status, he has an ITIN number but no income for last year, how do I file? Jointly, separate?? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-husband-is-in-the-process-of-legalizing-his-status-he-has-an-itin-number-but-no-income-for-last/01/728717#M293024 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:52:10 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-husband-is-in-the-process-of-legalizing-his-status-he-has-an-itin-number-but-no-income-for-last/01/728717#M293024 t-bonaventura80 2019-06-06T15:52:10Z If you are legally married and living together then you c... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-you-are-legally-married-and-living-together-then-you-c/01/728721#M293026 <P>If you are legally married and living together then you can only file as Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately.&nbsp; You would want to file as MFJ even if one spouse has little or no income.&nbsp; You receive the highest standard deduction of $12,700 and you each receive a personal exemption of $4,050</P> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:52:12 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/if-you-are-legally-married-and-living-together-then-you-c/01/728721#M293026 DoninGA 2019-06-06T15:52:12Z