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Your spouse is not getting a tax benefit by having an ITIN number, and your tax is not being affected by not having her ID number on your tax return, so it would seem acceptable to not apply for the ITIN number. If the IRS wants you to get one, they will request it after you file your tax return. In that event, it won't affect your tax, so that would seem a prudent course of action.
Thanks for the info! Do you know what I should put on the form in the space of SSN then?
According to this Turbo Tax link, write "Applied For" in the SSN space.
@seanpathickey wrote:
Thanks for the info! Do you know what I should put on the form in the space of SSN then?
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
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