Help - Tax related issues

[The_dip_sticks 0]

Im ready to file my taxes and I have a copy of my husbands drivers license, birth certificate, and passport. Now my question is......since my hubby is applying for an ITIN so that we can file jointly is there a specific notary that is allowed to notarize these documents for me, and if so who do I take them to? I dont know if this matters for the sake of this question but all the documents are British issued documents.

[frdmrk2 0]

Im ready to file my taxes and I have a copy of my husbands drivers license, birth certificate, and passport. Now my question is......since my hubby is applying for an ITIN so that we can file jointly is there a specific notary that is allowed to notarize these documents for me, and if so who do I take them to? I dont know if this matters for the sake of this question but all the documents are British issued documents.

check this

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/acs/scs/notary.html

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/acs/scs/cert-us.html

Edited February 16, 2007 by frdmrk2

[riblet 0]

The U.K. is a nation included in the Hague Convention, so any notary from the U.K. should work.

And I'm not sure if you meant this - but to notarize a copy, the notary will have to see the originals - so your husband will have to take the documents to a notary in the U.K. to get the copies certified.

[mchina34 0]

Im ready to file my taxes and I have a copy of my husbands drivers license, birth certificate, and passport. Now my question is......since my hubby is applying for an ITIN so that we can file jointly is there a specific notary that is allowed to notarize these documents for me, and if so who do I take them to? I dont know if this matters for the sake of this question but all the documents are British issued documents.

Any public notary. This isn't the USCIS you're dealing with.

Some people on this forum have said it's best to send the original passport. I did this and totally regret doing so. If my wife's interview is up before I get the tax return back she'll have to get a new passport. Just a tip: get a notarized copy.

[mchina34 0]

Im ready to file my taxes and I have a copy of my husbands drivers license, birth certificate, and passport. Now my question is......since my hubby is applying for an ITIN so that we can file jointly is there a specific notary that is allowed to notarize these documents for me, and if so who do I take them to? I dont know if this matters for the sake of this question but all the documents are British issued documents.

Any public notary. This isn't the USCIS you're dealing with.

Some people on this forum have said it's best to send the original passport. I did this and totally regret doing so. If my wife's interview is up before I get the tax return back she'll have to get a new passport. Just a tip: get a notarized copy.

Oh, just another tip, you have to have your spouse sign the federal (and maybe state depnding on state i think) 1040 if filing jointly. If you file married separately they don't have to sign it and you don't have to submit evidence of the money they earned in the UK. They might, however, have to file a seperate tax return on their own. That's how I know it. You can call the IRS and ask for the filing dept. and they will tell you if your spouse is required to file a tax of their own, if you do choose MFS.

[The_dip_sticks 0]

Ok well my husbnd finally has an appointment to get his passport notarizedn so that we can get the ITIN. Now since we are married fileing jointly how do I know what form I have to file? Do I have to send off the W7 form first to get the famous ITIN or do i send it together with our taxes? I am really confused. How will we know how much to deduct if we dont have his ITIN when i file? I suppose because of the missing number we have to do a paper file and not an efile correct? Do we have to wait till we get the ITIN to file? Can it be done simulataneously? Also how do i know what form to file the 1040 EZ or 1040?. My husband aws very ill last year and hardly has any income earned. He got help mostly from his family and me while he was on bed rest. Since he eared so little he is not required to file in the UK. Now my question is if i eared under 40k what form do I file? My husband and I have no kids so it will just be him and me on the taxes. And what do I do with this whole ITIN mess? Im lost! Some one please help.

[jodee 30]

PLease note that a new version of the w-7 was released in January,....

If you read the instructions, it tells you that in certain categories, u need to lodge your TAX RETURN, and the W-7 together. I am guessing you will need to do this,...

I just recently did this for my kids,...We have Australian Passports, and the only people allowed to notorise copies were the issuing party, in this case, the Australian Passports office, so that was out.. I could not even get their birth certificates notorized,.. I had to resort to mil id cards, and original school reports,..

The instructions are quite clear, depennding on what category you fall into,...

Jodee

Just to note,...my tax return was prepared, as married filing jointly with dependants,..the assessment (return) came out assessed for just my husband and i,....the section where ITIN numbers /ssn numbers goes for your hubby stays blank (in my case, my kids, stayed blank),...IN 99% of cases, the IRS reassess, the tax return after the ITIN is issued, becasue they need that to process the return anyways,..so they actually will reassess it for you,...after the ITIN is issued,..

I got this on good authority from the IRS representataive at the US consulate in Frankfurt

Edited March 8, 2007 by jodee

[The_dip_sticks 0]

Thanks for your help.=0)

Thanks for your help.=0)