TurboTax keeps saying we owe upwards of 2000 on our joint tax return for my wife's salary. She is a non-citizen, and was a non-resident for 2017. What should I do?

[watermand754]

(We are in Alberta, Canada) My wife earned an amount that was considered low-income in her country, and thus did not pay taxes according to tax law there. 

We were BOTH non-residents for 2017, however, I am a Canadian citizen, while she is not. We returned near the end of the year to live in Canada. I am now attempting to fill out a joint return for 2017 for child benefit purposes. When I report my wife's income in her country, and the fact that she paid no taxes on that amount, the return suddenly comes out as saying we OWE Canada more than 2000 dollars. Obviously this is unacceptable as she is non-citizen and wasn't even a permanent resident at the time she earned that money so she should have no tax obligations to Canada for that.

How can I fix this?

[DoninGA · Accepted solution]

Go to this TurboTax Canada website for assistance with a Canadian tax return - https://turbotax.community.intuit.ca/tax-help

This is the TurboTax US community user forum.

[watermand754]

Thank you.