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  • Mar 31, 2006, 07:11 AM
    vpanja
    Filing Taxes for myself (H1) and my wife (h4)
    In one of your previous replies you had said that for filing taxes with person with H1 and wife with H4.
    "Yes, she will need an ITIN. Download a W-7 from www.irs.gov, fill it out, have you wife sign it and attach a notarized copy of her passport to the W-7. Attach both to your joint tax return (leave your wife's SSN blank) and mail the return and mail it to the address on the W-7. The iRS will issue the ITIN, insert it on your joint return, process the return and send you a letter with your wife's ITIN. You can then file your state income tax return."

    My question is:
    1. With the above process I would have to wait to get the letter from IRS before I can file my state income tax? Is that the only way as the last date for filing taxes is near.
    2. do you think it would be a better to hire a tax professional?
  • Apr 1, 2006, 09:21 AM
    AtlantaTaxExpert
    Yes, you have to wait. Just file an extension with the state; if you are getting a refund from the state, you need make no payment with the extension.

    Hire the tax pro only if you do not feel comfortable filling in the W-7 or preparing the return.

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