Viktor C

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Has it been more than 90 days since you entered on your K1?

Nah, entered only on 26th dec 2019 and married the 27th. Got SSN the 21th jan and mailed forms the 22th (today). I make less than 15k usd/year.

18 minutes ago, Donald120383 said:

self employment unless its passive counts as employment.  anykind of buying/trading skills is considered as employed 

What would "passive" qualify as?

1 minute ago, missileman said:

You can not work (as an employee or self-employed) until you have an EAD or a Green card......Otherwise, you would be taking work away from US citizens or legal residents AUTHORIZED to work.

No need to use caps like if i commited a murder.

But yeah, it does make sense, thought, ive seen many topics claiming that the rule for k1 + self-employment was a "gray zone" as soon as you have a SSN. Hence my confusion. Every thread, even on visa journey, contradicts each other on this particular subject.

Hey there!

So i moved and got married end of december via my K1.

I sent in by mail my form i485, + form for the AED (the work authorization thingie), + the form for e-comtact instead of paper/mail to get updates sooner.

I have avoided to take in any new orders (llustration, self-employed) since i entered the usa.

BUT, can I?

Do i have to wait?

If yes, until what exactly?

How does the AED even work for self employment?

Im my own boss, its not a company. (Yes it was tax declared in Canada, so its my living and not just a hobby)

I need to know, i found no info online for self employement!

Thanks all!

58 minutes ago, Viktor C said:

Hey all!

So, maybe someone on here will be able to help me because I am soooooo lost.

Key points :

- I am Self-Employed, mostly selling custom goods online ( i made more than 15k US dollars in 2019 )
- I was living in Canada ( minus my trips in the US since 2017 as TOURIST ) until I entered the US the 26th December 2019 with my K1 Visa, got married the 27th. ( quicker the better, eh? ).
- All my income was made in Canada ( I did not sell anything since the 26th ).

 

Main question :

- Do I file my Taxes of 2019 for Canada?
- Do I file my Taxes of 2019 for the USA?
- Both?????

- Do I file them alone? Do I file them with my spouse? ( he got the main income job, own the house, etc. )

 

I received my SSN today and am planning sending my Adjustment of Status ( i-485) + Employment authorization later this week.

I read the pinned post, but it's still all blurry to me, I really need someone to enlighten me.

I tried finding tax expert online, but they all need to be paid for tax filing before asking questions, and so far i don't even know for which country i need to file so... I can't.

S.o.S.

Thanks in advance for anyone who will be able to guide me.
( I wanted to call the IRS and/or Canada Tax, but they both are in super long phone wait time, especially that most of the Canadian ones are flickering between open/closed due to extreme weather ( notice on the govt website )).

EDIT :: I made a bit more researches and ended up figuring the following, but i need someone to confirm to me!

1. We can File Marriage Joined Filing ( MJF ) with an Election ( § 6013.G ) to be considered dual-status/NRA.
2. I have ( do I? ) have access to the FEIE ( foreign earned income exclusion ).
3. The income I made in canada ( before entering the US in end of december ) is like 16k US dollar ( so really below the FEIE excluded of tax amount ( $105,900 for 2019 ).

So Given those 3 points, we can file MJF if I declare myself as dual NRA/RA and I can exclude the entirety of my Canadian Income ( since it's waaaaay below 105.900 ).

Questions :

A. Do I still write in our USA joined tax return the amount of canadian income or do i just enter 0 in my section? How does claiming the FEIE work?
A.1. I figured I had to file form 2555, Is there other forms # I need to file? Could someone give me the numbers of each ones?
B. I figure that with that, I would still need to file my Canadian Taxes for all that Canadian Income. 
C. If yes to B, do I write that my status is "married"? Since I married before the 31st december 2019?
D. Do I have to include my now husband on my Canadian taxes too? How does it works?


@Lemonslice ; thanks for the input! And yeah, I want to avoid hiring someone as much possible due to money being low ( just paid the i-485 ). Hopefully i can find all my answers here!

Hey all!

So, maybe someone on here will be able to help me because I am soooooo lost.

Key points :

- I am Self-Employed, mostly selling custom goods online ( i made more than 15k US dollars in 2019 )
- I was living in Canada ( minus my trips in the US since 2017 as TOURIST ) until I entered the US the 26th December 2019 with my K1 Visa, got married the 27th. ( quicker the better, eh? ).
- All my income was made in Canada ( I did not sell anything since the 26th ).

Main question :

- Do I file my Taxes of 2019 for Canada?
- Do I file my Taxes of 2019 for the USA?
- Both?????

- Do I file them alone? Do I file them with my spouse? ( he got the main income job, own the house, etc. )

I received my SSN today and am planning sending my Adjustment of Status ( i-485) + Employment authorization later this week.

I read the pinned post, but it's still all blurry to me, I really need someone to enlighten me.

I tried finding tax expert online, but they all need to be paid for tax filing before asking questions, and so far i don't even know for which country i need to file so... I can't.

S.o.S.

Thanks in advance for anyone who will be able to guide me.
( I wanted to call the IRS and/or Canada Tax, but they both are in super long phone wait time, especially that most of the Canadian ones are flickering between open/closed due to extreme weather ( notice on the govt website )).