No because you request an ITIN with your tax return filing.
If you are applying for an ITIN, you will send in your tax return with your ITIN filing. Once the ITIN is issued, the IRS will include this information with your tax return and then process your return.
Here are some additional steps
for filing married filing jointly if spouse needs an ITIN.
- leave spouse's SSN blank
and print a paper copy of your tax return.
- skip error check section if
only error is missing SSN for spouse.
- under the file tab, you will
need to select "file by mail" and print a copy of your federal
income tax return.
- if spouse is nonresident alien, you will need to attach a
statement, signed by both spouses, to your joint return for the first tax
year for which the choice applies (Nonresident Spouse Treated as
a Resident). It should contain the following information:
- A declaration that one
spouse was a non-resident alien and the other spouse a U.S. citizen or
resident alien on the last day of your tax year, and that you choose to
be treated as U.S. residents for the entire tax year.
- The name, address, and
identification number of each spouse.
- apply for
spouse’s Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) using Form
W-7 (Click ITIN).
- attach a copy
of your Form W-7 (along with the necessary supporting documents) to your
tax return (For the supporting documents, one option is for your spouse to
get a certified copy of his/her passport which will need to be
included with your tax return filing.) Click here for IRS
website ITIN - Frequently Asked
Questions .
- mail your tax
return along with your declaration statement, Form W-7 and supporting
documents to the IRS. According to the IRS, because you are filing your
tax return as an attachment to your (ITIN) application,
you should not mail your return to the address listed in the Form 1040,
1040A or 1040EZ instructions. Instead, send your return, Form W-7 and
proof of identity and foreign status documents to:
Internal Revenue Service
Austin Service Center
ITIN Operation
P.O. Box 149342
Austin, TX 78714-9342
You may also apply using the services of an IRS-authorized Acceptance Agent or visit
some key IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center in lieu
of mailing your information to the IRS in Austin
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State
filing - You will want to file an extension for your state until
you receive your ITIN. This is because the application for your ITIN is a
federal filing. Most state will not process your return without either a
SSN or an ITIN. (However some states will accept state filings with W-7
attachments. You will need to contact your state's Department of Revenue
and ask if your state will accept a state tax return with a Form W-7
attached).
When the IRS assigns you an ITIN, update your returns (both federal
and state) in TurboTax with this new information and then you should be
able to e-file your state return.
Because many states give an automatic extension when you file the
federal extension Form 4868, just
file a federal extension even if you don't think you will need it for your
federal tax return. But check with your state's Department of
Revenue to make sure that your state doesn't have a separate state
extension filing.
