im looking for offical websites that explain the uk-usa tax treaty and what exactly an imigrant would do when filling taxes once they married their usc.

i was under the impression from reading threads on here that the foreign spouse would clam the years tax so far from the uk, and then declare all earnings for that year including those from england precceding marrage to usc and residence in usa. and that said uk income would be taxable by usa if above the threshold ( like it would in uk with tax bracket)
am i being completely thick? have i missunderstood? or got the gist? did find a pdf on hm revenue and customs but didnt understand all jargon and couldnt find a bit specifc bit to foreign spouse situation.
would just like to know.

thanks

US tax http://www.irs.gov/

UK tax http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/

All the information is contained in those websites

This is what I want to know too - what did other people do when moving from the Uk to the USA in the middle of the tax year?

Did you declare all income - including the income earned before arrival in the UK on your US tax returns?

Yes, we had ours done by an accountant as it was a bit more complicated than normal.

There is an earned foreign income exemption, changes each year ie goes up this year it is $85700. So the income I earned in the UK which I could claim the exemption for as an example would be $85000 divided by 365 multiplied by the number of days I lived in the UK for that year.

My wife a USC living in the UK of course had the same foreign income exemption.

The one proviso is that UK income tax was paid on those earnings. In the year we come over we paid no US income tax once the return was completed.

This will tell you which form to file to claim the foreign earned income exclusion. http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/intern...d=97131,00.html

Easiest way? Get an accountant for that complicated first year/joint filing/etc.