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Amending taxes for 2019/20 with SSN recieved in 2021.

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Myroslava   21

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Hello all. Thank you for this wonderful group and great support that many people get here.

 

My question is about taxes. We got married in 2019. My husband filed as single that year because I didn't have SSN. Same for 2020. With reading topics here I learned about ITIN but we were to close to our interview and didn't want to send passports.

 

Me and our son successfully passed the interview. Got to the US in March. Got our SSNs week later.

 

On this forum and on Facebook groups people were mentioning amending tax returns after getting SSN. So we got an appointment with the company that did my husband's taxes. They say it's impossible to change anything but from now and on my husband can add us to his taxes.

 

I don't trust them very much because since 2019 they never told my husband about ITIN which we could easily prepare before 2020 tax season. 

 

So he filed as Single both previous year? Can he amend the tax returns if we got SSN in 2021?

Thank you in advance for your help.

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He can amend his taxes for the past 3 years.  He should amend to Married filing jointly for each year he was married.  He can include your SSN even though you just received it. ......

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1 hour ago, Myroslava said:

Hello all. Thank you for this wonderful group and great support that many people get here.

 

My question is about taxes. We got married in 2019. My husband filed as single that year because I didn't have SSN. Same for 2020. With reading topics here I learned about ITIN but we were to close to our interview and didn't want to send passports.

 

Me and our son successfully passed the interview. Got to the US in March. Got our SSNs week later.

 

On this forum and on Facebook groups people were mentioning amending tax returns after getting SSN. So we got an appointment with the company that did my husband's taxes. They say it's impossible to change anything but from now and on my husband can add us to his taxes.

 

I don't trust them very much because since 2019 they never told my husband about ITIN which we could easily prepare before 2020 tax season. 

 

So he filed as Single both previous year? Can he amend the tax returns if we got SSN in 2021?

Thank you in advance for your help.

You can amend your taxes as far as 3 years back. Get a different CPA and they can help you for sure.  Good luck.

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Myroslava   21

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Thank you everyone for taking your time to reply. We went to a different office of the same company and they said they can't help us. I need to have ITIN to change previous years. But I only have ssn. They offered MFS which according to their words wouldn't be beneficial for us. . My husband paid them a lot of money, including insurance so they can fix it for free. 

 

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14 hours ago, Myroslava said:

Thank you everyone for taking your time to reply. We went to a different office of the same company and they said they can't help us. I need to have ITIN to change previous years. But I only have ssn. They offered MFS which according to their words wouldn't be beneficial for us. . My husband paid them a lot of money, including insurance so they can fix it for free. 

 

You can't apply for an ITIN if you have a SSN. Maybe just use an online tool to amend your taxes. If they're too complicated, find another company to amend your returns.

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