I-130 advice - no address in America so can't complete form

[Marc1982 0]

This is quite a worry.

My wife has NEVER filed any tax returns with the IRS. To be honest, this has come as a bit of a shock to us.

My wife is 28 years old and has been in full term employment for for 7 years with a salary ranging from £17k to £25k (so roughly $28k to $40k). Is there a chance we could be hit with a significant tax bill? Obviously she has paid all of her UK taxes.

[Mollie09 1,545]

This is quite a worry.

My wife has NEVER filed any tax returns with the IRS. To be honest, this has come as a bit of a shock to us.

My wife is 28 years old and has been in full term employment for for 7 years with a salary ranging from £17k to £25k (so roughly $28k to $40k). Is there a chance we could be hit with a significant tax bill? Obviously she has paid all of her UK taxes.

Probably not, the threshold is higher than that. But she still has to file and there may be a penalty.

[Frips 166]

I doubt there will be a penalty. Foreign exclusion is about 90k$. My wife filed back for 4 years without the penalty....for now:)

[Marc1982 0]

Great, thanks guys.

This will be our first step. It was advised earlier in the thread that we hire someone to do this but is it really necessary?

Is there a checklist of forms we need to complete for the tax?

[Frips 166]

Download 1040 form for year you need:

http://apps.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/priorFormPublication.html?value=1040&criteria=formNumber&submitSearch=Find

Download 2555 form for year you need:

http://apps.irs.gov/app/picklist/list/priorFormPublication.html?value=2555&criteria=formNumber&submitSearch=Find

For the "how to" help we used one of the software in this link:

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Free-File:-Do-Your-Federal-Taxes-for-Free

[Marc1982 0]

WOW!

You guys are so helpful. Thanks so much.