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Yes if you were considered a resident alien for the 2015 tax year.
If you considered a nonresident alien for 2015 and you were married before Dec. 31, 2015, you are considered married for the entire year and you can choose to choose to treat your wife as a resident alien on your tax return. You will need to include all of her worldwide income in USD on your tax return but she will need to apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) using Form W-7 (Click ITIN)
Additionally, if you file as married filing jointly and your NRA spouse lives outside the US and meets the Bona Fide Residence Test, your NRA spouse might be able to claim an IRS - Foreign Earned Income Exclusion that would exclude a portion of your NRA spouse's foreign source income (up to $100,800 for 2015). TurboTax will guide you on taking the foreign earned income exclusion when you enter your NRA spouse's foreign source income under Federal Taxes> Wages and Income>I'll choose what I work on (or jump to full list)> Less Common Income (show more)> Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion
Here in some additional information that you will need to consider when filing married filing jointly with a NRA spouse
Yes if you were considered a resident alien for the 2015 tax year.
If you considered a nonresident alien for 2015 and you were married before Dec. 31, 2015, you are considered married for the entire year and you can choose to choose to treat your wife as a resident alien on your tax return. You will need to include all of her worldwide income in USD on your tax return but she will need to apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) using Form W-7 (Click ITIN)
Additionally, if you file as married filing jointly and your NRA spouse lives outside the US and meets the Bona Fide Residence Test, your NRA spouse might be able to claim an IRS - Foreign Earned Income Exclusion that would exclude a portion of your NRA spouse's foreign source income (up to $100,800 for 2015). TurboTax will guide you on taking the foreign earned income exclusion when you enter your NRA spouse's foreign source income under Federal Taxes> Wages and Income>I'll choose what I work on (or jump to full list)> Less Common Income (show more)> Foreign Earned Income and Exclusion
Here in some additional information that you will need to consider when filing married filing jointly with a NRA spouse
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