I-864 and MFJ tax status

[yachachiq12 43]

I have searched the forums for clarification on this, so I apologize if it's been asked and answered plenty already:

 

I have a I-864 for the sponsor, who files taxes MFJ. Alone, the sponsor earns enough, but we got RFE to include spouse's income info. So I'm re-sending the packet and also filling out I-864a with the spouse who files taxes with the spouse on the I-864.

 

Here's my question: in the section on both I-864 and I-864a that requests "Federal Income Tax Return Information", so I split up our incomes (according to each individual's W-2s/1099s/Schedule Cs)? So that way the year-by-year adjusted gross income reporting would add up to the total listed as adjusted gross on the tax filing if we added the answers in I-864 to the answers in I-864a? Or do I report the whole joint adjusted gross income on both the I-864 and I-864a, even though each form is just for one of the spouses on that tax return?

 

Is this making sense? Thanks for your help!

[Chancy 6,233]

On 3/5/2023 at 9:50 PM, yachachiq12 said:

in the section on both I-864 and I-864a that requests "Federal Income Tax Return Information", so I split up our incomes (according to each individual's W-2s/1099s/Schedule Cs)?

 

No.  For the I-864 section 6, items 24.a to c, list the total income figures as reported in the tax returns, as in just copy the actual numbers.

 

[yachachiq12 43]

22 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

No.  For the I-864 section 6, items 24.a to c, list the total income figures as reported in the tax returns, as in just copy the actual numbers.

 

Thank you, @Chancy!