aceliven
Dec 22, 2009, 03:52 PM
Hello,
My wife should have her green card as of January 2010 thereby making her a legal permanent resident alien (at the time of filing.) At the present time (during this entire tax year *2009*) she has been a nonresident alien. I am a natural born U.S. citizen. The two of us live together and have lived together at the same address for the last several years, and we were married last spring. She has spent 95% of her time in the United States last year (340+ days). My first question is what should she file as (and which form should be used) resident alien(1040) or nonresident alien (1040NR)? My second question is in either circumstance can we file jointly? Finally, she has earned a very limited income this year. At what point (her maximum income) may I or may I not claim her as a dependent?
My wife should have her green card as of January 2010 thereby making her a legal permanent resident alien (at the time of filing.) At the present time (during this entire tax year *2009*) she has been a nonresident alien. I am a natural born U.S. citizen. The two of us live together and have lived together at the same address for the last several years, and we were married last spring. She has spent 95% of her time in the United States last year (340+ days). My first question is what should she file as (and which form should be used) resident alien(1040) or nonresident alien (1040NR)? My second question is in either circumstance can we file jointly? Finally, she has earned a very limited income this year. At what point (her maximum income) may I or may I not claim her as a dependent?