is tax return important?

[Wenthworth 0]

please i would like to know if its important to submit my 3yrs tax return documents since i have a co-sponsor.

i am about to file for my wife next month but did not file taxes because i have not worked in the last 3years.

can someone tell me if this is important.Is my co-sponsors tax return okay to my wife and I?

Thanks

Wenthworth

[pushbrk 13,706]

please i would like to know if its important to submit my 3yrs tax return documents since i have a co-sponsor.

i am about to file for my wife next month but did not file taxes because i have not worked in the last 3years.

can someone tell me if this is important.Is my co-sponsors tax return okay to my wife and I?

Thanks

Wenthworth

It's not only "important" but if you were required by law to file a tax return, you MUST file all those three returns and provide information from them on your own affidavit of support, whether you have a joint sponsor or not. However, you don't need to worry about the affidavit of support until the petition is approved and at the National Visa Center. You'll need the 2010, 2011 and 2012 tax returns if you have not yet filed the petition, as the 2012 will be due by the time the petition is approved.

If you were not required to file any or all of those returns (by law, check with your tax expert) then simply indicate that on your affidavit of support when the time comes.

[Bumbero 131]

You asked this question yesterday and received some great advice.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/405798-do-i-need-to-show-tax-returns/

[Greg n Veronica 17]

When I read the instructions, it states you only have to submit the last current tax years filed. but that you can supply up to the last 3 years if you want to.

[Dave&Roza 748]

please i would like to know if its important to submit my 3yrs tax return documents since i have a co-sponsor.

i am about to file for my wife next month but did not file taxes because i have not worked in the last 3years.

can someone tell me if this is important.Is my co-sponsors tax return okay to my wife and I?

Thanks

Wenthworth

Just because you did not work does not mean you did not need to FILE taxes. FILING taxes and OWING taxes are two completely different things. The USCIS expects every USC and LPR to file a tax return every year unless you can cite specific IRS legal language as to why you were not required to file. In the end it is easier to file a tax return to have on record then to try to expalin why you were not required to file. Inverstment income--dividends, capital gains--interest of more than $400, having a 401(k), or IRAs makes you required to file, but you will not owe any taxes if your earned income was zero. I would go back and file at least last year's income tax return and get a tax transcript from the IRS to give to the USCIS. I have been filing the 1040 form since I was 14 years old as I have had earned income, investent income or retirement accounts. I should point out that the SSA uses your tax return information as reported by employers for your income used to compute your retirement benefits. If an employer reports the wrong income on a W-2 the SSA and the IRS will have the wrong information. So taxes have a far reaching impact then just whether you owe money to the government--as you are finding out with the USCIS excepting the most recent tax return from you for the visa process.

Good luck,

Dave

[pushbrk 13,706]

When I read the instructions, it states you only have to submit the last current tax years filed. but that you can supply up to the last 3 years if you want to.

Submit is not the same as "provide information from". You are only required to submit one tax return but must provide information from three. You must have three to provide the information from three. Take a look at the actual affidavit that goes with the instructions.