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Nonresident Spouse has no income - need to submit some income declaration form with joint return?

bhuether — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 08:14:24 GMT

Hi, I am US citizen with foreign spouse. We live overseas. I am about ready to mail a joint return along with a W-7 and a statement of election for spouse to be considered US citizen for tax purposes, but wanted to be sure I didn't forget anything. My spouse has no income to report. Do I still need to fill out some form declaring no income? If so, what form(s)?

thanks

Re: Nonresident Spouse has no income - need to submit some income declaration form with joint return?

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:15:05 GMT

there is no form to indicate spouse has no income. a spouse with no income is not uncommon regardless of whether the spouse is a US citizen or not. literally the filing of the return reporting no income for your spouse is the declaration.

Re: Nonresident Spouse has no income - need to submit some income declaration form with joint return?

bhuether — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:32:54 GMT

Great, thanks!