riverarick
Level 1
12-07-2019
04:17 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
As a mexican citizen she was not entilted to either of these credits but not that is is married to a us citizen is she eligible?
Best Answer Click here
Labels
TaxGuyBill
Level 15
12-07-2019
04:17 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Maybe. Why did the Mexican Citizen not qualify before getting married?
Some possible reasons:
- She was not a US Resident Alien: Filing a Joint tax return and making the election to be taxed as a full-year Resident would not qualify her.
- She did not have a Social Security Number. Just getting married won't fix that, she would need a Social Security Number.
- She did not live in the US for at least 1/2 of the year. Again, just getting married won't fix that, she would need to live in the US for at least 1/2 of the year.
Filing a Joint tax return also now means the Earned Income Credit is based on the Joint income, so it is possible that would now disqualify them.