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영님이 2011-03-04 19:54:25.0에 쓰신글
>세금 보고를 하는데요 
>와이프는 아직 영주권이 없습니다.
>한국에 있고. 현재 I-864 하고 DS-230 를 부치는 단계입니다.
>예전에 여기 살아서 소셜 번호는 있고요.
>
>터보택스에 Married filing jointly 로 했는데.
>자꾸 에러가 나는 것 같네요.
>선택란에 foreign 으로  했는데...
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>아직 영주권이 없고 여기 살고 있지 않으면 jointly 로 못하는 건가요?
>Married filing separately 로 해야되나요?
>아님 그냥 single 이나 Head of household 로 해야 되나요?
>
>
>감사합니다.

"아직 영주권이 없고 여기 살고 있지 않으면 jointly 로 못하는 건가요?
Married filing separately 로 해야되나요?
아님 그냥 single 이나 Head of household 로 해야 되나요?"--> As long as you are either US citizen or resident alien under either US tax Code or US INS rules, both you and your spouse inKorea can file your return as MFJ/MFS; it doesn't matter where your spouse is; since your spouse in Korea has no SSN, she can attach formW7  with your tax returnto get her itin.Filing your return as SINGLE is technically incorrect as you are married, however, if you file your as MFS, then the IRS doesn't care about your filing status( either MFS or single; there is no differenceof tax liaiblity beteen the single and MFS status). Asyou can see, the Married Filing Jointly filing status provides more tax benefits than filing separate returns, but you will need to weigh the pros and cons and decide for yoursselves which is the best filing status. You may file your retun as HOH as long as you have not lived with your spouse at any time during the last six months of the tax year.