Married to a Filipino girl who is not living here and will never live here
Hi I got married in the Philippines a few years ago and when I filed my taxes I was told I had to file as married , no problem , then I found out that for the first time I owed the IRS . When I inquired about this , I was told that when you get married , it puts you in a higher tax bracket , I was under impression that when you get married , your taxes go down . Now, My wife does not live here, she has never been here and she will never come here , I don't want her here . I will be moving to PH for good soon , I just read that even though I will be living in PH , I will still have to pay income taxes to the IRS , I plan on having a small business , why do I have to pay more taxes when my wife does not benefit from anything from here and why do I have to pay income taxes to the IRS when I will not be living here and will never be returning . Then I was told I have to get a tax ID number for my wife , I do not want her to be forced into this system . When I leave here I will cut all ties to this country .