2008 Stimulus Shaft for ITIN and US Spouse

[soulprovider915 4]

Hi. I just got off the phone with the IRS and they told me that if you filed your 2007 taxes with an ITIN you will not receive your Stimulus check this year for the US citizen and the foreign spouse. You'll get a tax credit next year when you file your taxes. You have to love the government. Write to your congressmen and senators. Some are aware of it and don't like it at all.

[skykate 0]

if we would of gotten it, we were only going to get a small portion of the Stimulus check, but at least they are going to give the credit next year

[Justin and Masako 0]

I discovered this about a month ago. It really is stupid but at least we can file for it on next years taxes as per the IRS website.

[payxibka 10,048]

Hi. I just got off the phone with the IRS and they told me that if you filed your 2007 taxes with an ITIN you will not receive your Stimulus check this year for the US citizen and the foreign spouse. You'll get a tax credit next year when you file your taxes. You have to love the government. Write to your congressmen and senators. Some are aware of it and don't like it at all.

Your wife was (at one time) eligible to receive an SSN and you chose not to get one... You need to include yourself in this....

[Mrs. BB 0]

It was on the news this morning that approximately 300,000 military familes won't get it either because they married foreign spouses.

Things may change because there is a lot of upset people over this.

[Elmira 1]

I am sorry, but what does ITIN mean??? We didn't receive our check yet, but as we remember our accountant told us that we will receive... Now we are curious... let's see what kind of check we will receive???

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

It was on the news this morning that approximately 300,000 military familes won't get it either because they married foreign spouses.

Things may change because there is a lot of upset people over this.

Problem is that it's hard to distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants, where an ITIN number is involved....I actually think they should put it on hold until they produce a valid social security number...

I am sorry, but what does ITIN mean??? We didn't receive our check yet, but as we remember our accountant told us that we will receive... Now we are curious... let's see what kind of check we will receive???

An ITIN number is a number that allows you to file tax returns or be claimed by a tax payer when you are not entitled to a social security number.

The stimulus payment excludes people using this due to the fact that legal presence is not required to get an ITIN number and they didn't want to give the money to illegals.

[Mrs. BB 0]

Problem is that it's hard to distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants, where an ITIN number is involved....I actually think they should put it on hold until they produce a valid social security number...

Or they could just add and extra step. Proof that they are active military or maybe a I-797 showing a pending application or a copy of the I-94. Something showing legal presence.

I know I wouldn't mind sending that in.

[Elmira 1]

I am sorry, but what does ITIN mean??? We didn't receive our check yet, but as we remember our accountant told us that we will receive... Now we are curious... let's see what kind of check we will receive???

An ITIN number is a number that allows you to file tax returns or be claimed by a tax payer when you are not entitled to a social security number.

The stimulus payment excludes people using this due to the fact that legal presence is not required to get an ITIN number and they didn't want to give the money to illegals.

So if i had SSN, while we were fling our 2007 taxes, we re OK??? because we received some rebates after 2007 filing and check was on my husband's (USC) and my name.

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

So if i had SSN, while we were fling our 2007 taxes, we re OK??? because we received some rebates after 2007 filing and check was on my husband's (USC) and my name.

Basically yes!!!

Problem is that it's hard to distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants, where an ITIN number is involved....I actually think they should put it on hold until they produce a valid social security number...

Or they could just add and extra step. Proof that they are active military or maybe a I-797 showing a pending application or a copy of the I-94. Something showing legal presence.

I know I wouldn't mind sending that in.

That sounds good!!

But that's sensible, politicians don't do sensible

[soulprovider915 4]

Hi. I just got off the phone with the IRS and they told me that if you filed your 2007 taxes with an ITIN you will not receive your Stimulus check this year for the US citizen and the foreign spouse. You'll get a tax credit next year when you file your taxes. You have to love the government. Write to your congressmen and senators. Some are aware of it and don't like it at all.

Your wife was (at one time) eligible to receive an SSN and you chose not to get one... You need to include yourself in this....

My wife went for her SSN today. I didn't know that I could've received one when she first got here. It's not that I didn't choose I just didn't find out what to do when she first came here.

[payxibka 10,048]

Hi. I just got off the phone with the IRS and they told me that if you filed your 2007 taxes with an ITIN you will not receive your Stimulus check this year for the US citizen and the foreign spouse. You'll get a tax credit next year when you file your taxes. You have to love the government. Write to your congressmen and senators. Some are aware of it and don't like it at all.

Your wife was (at one time) eligible to receive an SSN and you chose not to get one... You need to include yourself in this....

My wife went for her SSN today. I didn't know that I could've received one when she first got here. It's not that I didn't choose I just didn't find out what to do when she first came here.

Understood, but a lack of knowledge of your available options does not eliminate some culpability...

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

Hi. I just got off the phone with the IRS and they told me that if you filed your 2007 taxes with an ITIN you will not receive your Stimulus check this year for the US citizen and the foreign spouse. You'll get a tax credit next year when you file your taxes. You have to love the government. Write to your congressmen and senators. Some are aware of it and don't like it at all.

Your wife was (at one time) eligible to receive an SSN and you chose not to get one... You need to include yourself in this....

My wife went for her SSN today. I didn't know that I could've received one when she first got here. It's not that I didn't choose I just didn't find out what to do when she first came here.

Don't blame the government for your lack of knowledge....

[angeljan 0]

I have a question concerning the Stimulus checks.

When my husband and I first filed our taxes we used his ITIN number because we were awaiting his EAD to be approved and then as soon as we received it we went to a SS office and applied directly for his card. He received his SSN in about one week. We then scheduled another appointment with our H&R agent and she amended our taxes and put in his SSN but she kept him as a "nonresident alien." I checked out the IRS website today to try to calculate how much we might get I had to check the "nonresident alien" box because that is what the agent put and it stopped me from going any further in that section and said that we are not eligable because he is a nonresident alien. So for the heck of it I retried it and checked No for being a nonresident alien and it let me finish calculating the estimated amount. I went and checked under my SSN and it said I will not be getting a check because my spouse or I are a nonresident alien with an invalid SSN. But when I check under my husbands it comes up as "We are sorry, Specific Information about your Stimulus Payment is not available. The thing is our agent told us that amending our taxes will make us eligable for the stimulus payment she even wrote it on our 1040 amending form so I am really confused now. I'm not sure what to think now does any one have any idea if we get one, or maybe we will just have to wait and see like everything else. Sure hope next years filing taxes goes alot smoother. lol

Sorry if this is a crazy question, I'm just really confused right now and just would like to get some opinions.

[soulprovider915 4]

Hi. I just got off the phone with the IRS and they told me that if you filed your 2007 taxes with an ITIN you will not receive your Stimulus check this year for the US citizen and the foreign spouse. You'll get a tax credit next year when you file your taxes. You have to love the government. Write to your congressmen and senators. Some are aware of it and don't like it at all.

Your wife was (at one time) eligible to receive an SSN and you chose not to get one... You need to include yourself in this....

My wife went for her SSN today. I didn't know that I could've received one when she first got here. It's not that I didn't choose I just didn't find out what to do when she first came here.

Understood, but a lack of knowledge of your available options does not eliminate some culpability...

You Sound Like My Dad. Maybe he's secretly on here spying on me!!!