Spouse is not a US citizen, does not reside or do taxes in US. How can I avoid giving a ssn and info for him?

[shorey-emily]

Turbo tax keeps asking me to fill in information regarding his SSN and income but he doesn't have an SSN because he doesn't have to file taxes and has never lived in the US. It won't let me file my taxes without providing this information but I don't have the information and should not need to provide it.

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

If you are a US citizen and your spouse does not have a Social Security number or an ITIN and you are not applying for an ITIN with the tax return then you can only file your tax return as Married Filing Separately.  Where asked to enter the spouse's Social Security number enter all 9's.  You can only print and mail your tax return, it cannot be e-filed.  When you print the tax return erase the Social Security number for your spouse and manually enter NRA for non-resident alien.

See this TurboTax support FAQ for the procedure to print and mail a tax return using the online editions - https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1944348-how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online

[nathanblack777]

This is incorrect information: Nonresident alien spouse. You are considered
unmarried for head of household purposes
if your spouse was a nonresident alien at any
time during the year and you don't choose to
treat your nonresident spouse as a resident
alien. However, your spouse isn't a qualifying
person for head of household purposes. You
must have another qualifying person and meet
the other tests to be eligible to file as head of
household.

[nathanblack777]

Here is the link to where I got this info: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-501">https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publicati...>

[DoninGA]

@nathanblack777 - While your information posted is factually correct, there is no mention of a qualifying child as a dependent in the original question which is only one of the requirements for Head of Household