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On 7/31/2020 at 6:21 PM, pushbrk said:

Not sure what your CPA suggested but if you are both self employed and employed, you should state your current income as the total income line from your 2019 tax return.  Self employed AND employed is considered self employed, because your self employment income is not income until it appears on the total income line of a tax return.

Thanks for letting me know this. Unfortunately, I already sent it in, and yes I did just choose Self Employed but on the current income spot, I put a $ amount that was a little higher than last year. I hope that does not turn out to be an issue where they won't accept it and there is a long delay?

On 7/21/2020 at 3:06 PM, pushbrk said:

Are you really self employed or are you an employee of a company you own?  It's not the same thing.

 

For the "self employed" current income is the total income line from the 2019 tax return.  That equates to "taxable personal income".  Self employed have many tax advantages.  The other side of that sword shows when sponsoring an immigrant.  All those deductions reduce the actual income you can "use" to sponsor an immigrant.

 

There is no question about 2020 income.  If you're an employee of a company you own, then your current income comes from a pay stub.  If you aren't paying yourself on a regular basis, your current income is zero.  For the "employed", current income is your current gross pay for a full pay period times the number of pay periods in a full year.  Not 2020, but a full year going forward from NOW.

Thank you! Yes I'm actually self employed and also an employee of another company I own. I got help from my CPA to make sure I filled it all in correctly. Thank you for your time pushbrk!

On 5/23/2020 at 12:25 AM, pushbrk said:

Actually, to count the wife in your situation would be to violate two separate and consecutive instructions directly above on the form.  Everything below the instruction not to count anybody twice is the instruction that everything below is for counting people who are NOT sponsored in this affidavit.  Your wife IS sponsored in this affidavit.

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I have another question on this form.  On Part 6, it asks for Sponsor's Employment and Income. I chose #4 Self-Employed as a/an (Occupation).  Number 7 asks for "My current individual annual income is".... 

well, I really pay myself from my company. I don't know what I will pay myself this year. What would I need to put here? 

Thank you guys.

On 5/23/2020 at 2:25 AM, pushbrk said:

Actually, to count the wife in your situation would be to violate two separate and consecutive instructions directly above on the form.  Everything below the instruction not to count anybody twice is the instruction that everything below is for counting people who are NOT sponsored in this affidavit.  Your wife IS sponsored in this affidavit.

Hi pushbrk, I'm not quite understanding, sorry! It sounds like you're saying that I DO need to put "1" in number 3?  If I do so, it says I have a household of 3 though. I re-read your reply a few times and I'm not quite understanding. thanks

Just now, geowrian said:

Correct.

I get that it may sound counter-intuiative as you are married, but since you cannot count somebody more than once, your wife is counted in the top #1 so this should be 0.

Gotcha! Makes sense lol.  Alright thank you geowrian!

Just now, geowrian said:

Se the NOTE in bold a the top of your screenshot.

That's why you have 3 instead of 2.

understandable, so on number 3 I should just put 0? 

Hey VJ,

I am filling out the Form I-864 now. I am at Part 5. I filled it out correctly, but it's stating my Household Size is 3. Actually, it's only my wife and I so it would be 2. Is this something I need to fix with crossing out and putting a 2 with a pen after I print it out? Or leave it as is?  I don't want to submit incorrect information. I attached an image. Thanks.

I finally was able to get the website to work, I now have my last 3 years transcripts. WAHOO!

9 hours ago, itscarly said:

Super frustrated about this. Until last minute I thought sending W-2s and 1040s were going to be enough, but I guess I misread the instructions for I-944. The IRS transcript is the last paper I’m missing to file for AoS. I’m going to send the 4506-t tomorrow morning and call them to see if they can help me somehow and I’ll update it here 🙏

hi Carly, I had posted right before your reply - I called them yesterday and the 4506-T won't do any good right now as their offices are closed down for that. We have to do the transcripts online.

Just got another update. I called them again. This lady says that their offices are down so sending the 4506-T would not do anything at the moment. We HAVE to use the online tool to get our transcripts. If it doesn't work, use the online chat support to get help on it. What good does that do? I have no idea, I'll check tomorrow when the chat support thing is on/open.

1 minute ago, Paul & Mary said:

The credit card has to be on your credit report. Use a service like Credit Karma to see what is being reported.  If you are an authorized user the credit card number being reported could be your spouses and then you would use those last 8 digits.

That's a bummer. I already had a Wells Fargo credit card that would be reported in Credit Karma, but it was an American Express card which unfortunately couldn't be used. So I contacted the bank to send me a new one that's a VISA. I haven't even used it yet. I thought that may have been potentially an issue, but now you've confirmed it.

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Unfortunately, I'm not able to troubleshoot the issue you're having. The "mainly with new signups" piece refers to people that need to create a new account. Some people have problems with the Equifax-based Identity Proofing (IDP) step. The CC verification step is also a known hiccup. The only suggestion I've seen is to verify that it's an actual credit card and not a debit/bank card. Some cards can be used as both, and it may be incorrectly seeing it as a debit card and rejecting it.

Yeah what I mean is, each time I go and try to get my transcripts on the site, I have to restart the whole process all over again in making an account, because technically I cannot make an account until I finish the sign-up process which involves putting the C.C. in.  So each time, I go to the site, use the same email to sign up - they send a 8 digit number or whatever to put into the site, and I continue submitting answers. Then I get to C.C. and this happens.  Well, I got the Credit Card from my Wells Fargo bank, so yeah that may be the issue. 

I can get a Credit Union I use to have a credit card with I guess send me a new card - I reckon this one should work?

1 hour ago, Laytona Campbell said:

Thank u for the information I was hoping that I would know someone that’s going through this as well I been trying to get my tax transcript for the past two months since this pandemic I appreciate that!!

You're welcome! But hey, check out some of these other comments people are saying in this thread. It seems like no one in IRS knows what they're talking about.
 

2 hours ago, geowrian said:

Works fine for me...I just logged in and downloaded my 2019 transcript.

They gave you some bad info.

The website has always had issues for some people, mainly with new signups, but I can verify it still can be used to pull new transcripts.

Website isn't working at all for me. I put my credit card in and always get the red error.  I filed from U.S. with U.S. cell number as os306 mentioned, and a VISA credit card. I don't understand the "mainly with new signups" part, because essentially you can't make an account unless you go through the whole process including submitting your C.C. - which is the part that I can't get past. 

4 hours ago, os306 said:

Thanks for this information. Out of interest, did you call the IRS phone number for individual filers or the overseas number? I ask because I spoke with a representative on the overseas helpline and she said to call back in a couple of weeks to request my transcript and never mentioned anything about Form 4506-T.

Very interesting. I'm curious to see what information others are getting from the IRS.  I called the IRS number for individual filers. The man I spoke with though was very confident that Form 4506-T was the way they were doing it now.

1 hour ago, JoeMc said:

Page 2 of the form tells you where you should mail (or fax) the form to. (The address and fax number depend upon the state you live in.)

Oh whoops! OK Thanks alot!

 

1 hour ago, C and L said:

How long did they it will take with this form?

I did not ask, sorry. I know I should have 😕

 

1 hour ago, MarlinCobon said:

I thought they had stopped mailing transcripts?

 

Tax Transcripts are only available online.

We have stopped processing transcript requests by mail until further notice. If you only need to find out how much you owe or verify payments you made within the last 18 months, you can view your tax account.

Yeah, I asked about that. He said that online systems are off and so are phone requests for transcripts and only way to do it now is printing this form and mailing it to them.

Hey all!

Finally, IRS has opened their phone lines back up. After an hour of being on hold, the rep told me that they are aware their website doesn't work for getting transcripts. It's because the system is turned off for now. They are also not allowing you to ask for transcripts over the phone neither.  You have to fill out the Form 4506-T. You can get it at:  https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf

My only question for this is, after we print it and fill it out, do we send it to them through physical mail? and if it's by physical mail, what is the exact address to send it to?  I totally forgot to ask this on the phone.  Any insight would be great. Thanks.

58 minutes ago, OrihimeandIchigo said:

I appreciate you calling and letting everyone know how it went thanks so much.Thats crazy the NVC said we have to wait for Transcripts even though its not our fault we can't access the transcripts via online option? Will 1040's and W2s not suffice they said?

You're welcome! Sure! I know, it's wild.... You would think they'd have a functioning website. They sure have the money for the talent to fix it. From what the support person told me, it has to be those specific transcript forms. No other forms or documentation will do justice and she said I have to wait until I'm able to get through with IRS.

On 5/2/2020 at 11:21 PM, Paul & Mary said:

They are open - call early in the AM

I called NVC. There is nothing else I can do until I am able to get the tax transcripts from IRS. So now I have to wait until either the IRS website works or they open the phone lines for support.

On 5/1/2020 at 1:09 AM, Jorgedig said:

Wow, that sucks.  Well......you could print out that notice, and in lieu of transcripts provide complete W-2/1050 + all schedules.  I do not know details of how uploading docs to NVC works (did a K-1), but this sounds like it will be impacting enough people that there will have to be an acceptable alternative until IRS resumes transcript services.

It would be nice if they would be able to accept an alternative option. I will give NVC a call on Monday, (if THEY can even be called?) and see!

20 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

You can get them by mail.

How? I mean, their phone line is completely down, and I can't submit anything online.

1 minute ago, NikLR said:

Why not just leave them merged?

People will start reading the first page and not see that I already had that inquiry solved.

I made another new thread specifically asking about how I could get my transcripts from IRS, since their website is not working. It's a completely different question. Didn't want people reading the first page and not wanting to contribute

4 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

~~~Posts merged with existing thread~~~

 

 

 

 

Ryan, I made a new thread because this old thread was not covering the topic that I was trying to get information about. Could you please delete this thread and keep the new one I made?

6 minutes ago, Morty said:

website has never worked for me, I've always requested them on their automated line.

 

unfortunately their phone is down at this time. This is truly a bummer. I wonder how long it's going to be down for.  NVC is going to think that I don't care to turn my transcripts in, when in actuality IRS is holding everything up

Hey VJ!

The NVC has finally received my approved submission from USCIS for the CR-1! However, now I have to provide the NVC with my last 3 tax transcripts. When I go to the IRS website to get the transcripts https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript,  I put all of the information in required, to include the last 8 digits of my VISA Credit Card. When I do this, I get this error attached.

Well, IRS does not have a phone number to call, contact etc to fix this issue.  I have no idea why the error is showing up and now I'm just stuck not able to do anything. Does anybody have any suggestions for me? I'd really appreciate it. Thank you