Tax Question - AOS

[ambientgirl 0]

HI all,

Been here since Dec. 2003 - filed my 2003 taxes with the US and haven't filed since! OOPS! Didn't really think that I needed to but of course you learn and now that we are in the process of starting the I-130 process I need to include 3 years of tax documents.

So, here I am trying to file my taxes for the past three years and I have a question. Because of the British tax year being from April to April - how do you figure out your American Tax year? Do you go April to April or do you have to break it down from January to December, an American tax year?? Probably a daft question, but I just dont see anything about it anywhere.

I haven't made much, only worked parttime for spending money - so I have no real income to report. Unfortunately, I made over the american limit so I do have to file. I have no deductions, ie, property,children, etc, so just simply report my income. I just need to figure out what income I'm reporting. lol

sorry if this question is daft or has been asked before, but I have been reading the post and haven't seen anything mentioned about this.

[Kimberley+Dave 0]

When I filed mine, I did January to December, not April to March the UK tax year.

[ambientgirl 0]

When I filed mine, I did January to December, not April to March the UK tax year.

Thank you so much for your assistance. I wish you both the best. I've been reading your posts and have found them so helpful. I'm originally from Massachusetts and hopefully moving back there once everything is done

All the best!

[meauxna 15]

I do what Kimberly says. Big pain, but I take his UK income and do the math myself. The P-whatever year end is no good for the US tax return.

[vylex 0]

I do what Kimberly says. Big pain, but I take his UK income and do the math myself. The P-whatever year end is no good for the US tax return.

Out of curiosity, do you do the same for your spouse when filing jointly? I am pretty sure the Australian (September to August) tax year and the January to December numbers are the same because my wife makes roughly the same monthly. Plus, her total income is much less than the 82,400 USD allowance.

[Kimberley+Dave 0]

I do what Kimberly says. Big pain, but I take his UK income and do the math myself. The P-whatever year end is no good for the US tax return.

Out of curiosity, do you do the same for your spouse when filing jointly? I am pretty sure the Australian (September to August) tax year and the January to December numbers are the same because my wife makes roughly the same monthly. Plus, her total income is much less than the 82,400 USD allowance.

I filed 'jointly separately' and did not have to include my spouse's income. I think some people look at which way they will be better off tax-wise and pick that way to file. I'm not a tax expert, but that seemed to work for me (apart from the fact that they filed my return against my husband's ITIN and not my SSN! I now have to return a 1040x to have that amended) C'est la vie!