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kasumi
Apr 2, 2009, 06:22 AM
Hi,
I'm a US citizen and I have been living abroad (Japan, Philippines and now France) since high shcool.
I am married and now reside in France (since 1984). I have never worked before until I started doing part-time home child care at home in November 1999.
I file what little taxes I might need to pay jointly with my French husbands tax form (to the French govt.).
Having never worked before this, and I have never lived in the US since, what am I required to do as far as US taxes are concerned? It never occured to me that I needed to pay taxes since my part-time job is a french job in France.
Also, if eventually I can earn dollars online from a US LLC program, what would my status be for US taxes?
I appreciate any advice and information you can offer me.
I am totally in the dark about any of this.
Thankyou,
Kasumi
MukatA
Apr 2, 2009, 07:18 AM
If your total worldwide income exceeds the filing requirement, you must file your U.S. tax return. On your return, you must report your world wide income.

If you paid taxes in the foreign country, you will claim credit for taxes paid in the foreign country by filing Form 1116 or can file form 2555 Foreign Earned Income Exclusion.
It means that you must file and you may not owe any U.S. taxes.
Read: Your U.S. Tax Return: U.S. Citizen or Resident with Foreign Income (http://taxipay.blogspot.com/2008/03/us-citizen-or-resident-with-foreign.html)
kasumi
Apr 2, 2009, 07:55 AM
I have never ever filed any income tax to the US.
How do I go about it now?
What information will I need to do so?
I should be able to find my SS card in my documents somewhere, do I need anything else? What is TIN?
Can all these things be downloaded from the internet?
Can they be sent through the internet too?
Sorry for my ignorance. I have never done this before.
Kasumi
MukatA
Apr 2, 2009, 08:32 AM
You need to know your SSN. You can find it out from old records or from SS Administration. You can not get ITIN when you have SSN.

When you did not have any income or income is below filing requirement, then you are not required to file. Read 2008 filing requirements for most taxpayers http://taxipay.blogspot.com/2008/10/2008-filing-requirements-for-most.html|