09-08-2004, 05:48 PM
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 Re: taxes for expat and wife BusBks wrote: - quote - > I'm a US citizen who moved to Australia in 2003. My wife is
You may file as married separate. If your spouse has no US> an Australian citizen who has always lived in Australia. > Since we've been married, we've filed as married filing > jointly and reported our US and AU income. For 2004, I have > very little income (a US pension and some interest) and a > lot of medical expenses. My wife has a lot of AU wages and > rental property. If I'm reading the rules correctly, I can > choose not to file jointly but to do it separately and I get > to report my wife as my dependent if she has no US income. I > think I'll come out much better this way than filing jointly > and including her income. > My questions: 1) am I reading/interpreting correctly? source gross income you may claim a personal exemption for her. See the instructions for Line 6b of the 1040. She needs to have a US taxpayer ID (SSN or ITIN). She is not your dependent. - quote - > 2) Do
When you file as married separate you are telling the IRS> I have to let the IRS know that I've made the choice not to > include worldwide income? that you are not including any income of your spouse. - quote - > And, 3) if my wife had, for
Interest income from a bank savings account that is not> example, $200 of interest income from a US bank accout would > that keep me from being able to claim her as a dependent? interest from an effectively connected trade or business is excluded from gross income of a nonresident alien. Your spouse would not have any US gross income and you could still claim a personal exemption for her. -- Alan http://taxtopics.net << -------------------------------------------------> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting > << messages to this newsgroup are at www.asktax.org > << -------------------------------------------------> |
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09-06-2004, 07:28 PM
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| taxes for expat and wife I'm a US citizen who moved to Australia in 2003. My wife is an Australian citizen who has always lived in Australia. Since we've been married, we've filed as married filing jointly and reported our US and AU income. For 2004, I have very little income (a US pension and some interest) and a lot of medical expenses. My wife has a lot of AU wages and rental property. If I'm reading the rules correctly, I can choose not to file jointly but to do it separately and I get to report my wife as my dependent if she has no US income. I think I'll come out much better this way than filing jointly and including her income. My questions: 1) am I reading/interpreting correctly? 2) Do I have to let the IRS know that I've made the choice not to include worldwide income? And, 3) if my wife had, for example, $200 of interest income from a US bank accout would that keep me from being able to claim her as a dependent? TIA << -------------------------------------------------> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting > << messages to this newsgroup are at www.asktax.org > << -------------------------------------------------> |
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