How am I meant to file my taxes? I am an expat living in the UK. Turbotax needs my husband's SSN. He does not have one, he is British, he doesn't file US taxes.

[vivianlrichardso]

Please can you help me file my taxes? I am a US Citizen living in the UK. I am married to a British Citizen, we both live and work in the UK. He won't have to apply for an ITN and file taxes in America, will he? I just thought I could file separately, but this is getting complicated.

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

If you are a US citizen or US resident 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 999-88-9999.  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

[vivianlrichardso]

@DoninGA Thank you so much for the quick reply!