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my_way
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 Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:39 am Post subject: filing US back taxes |
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Hi all......
So....I am going to have to file my previous year's taxes in the US in order to get my husband his immigrant visa for the US.
I have most of the info. I need, but I'm just wondering if anyone has been through the process??
I will be filing 2008/9, and I know that I did not make enough money to pay, but I'm wondering how much I might be fined and how long it will all take??
Anyone been through this and have any info. or advice?
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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Er...OMG! It got lost in the mails..."Thank God, I always make photocopies of my tax records!"
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mc
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:26 am Post subject: |
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| If you didn't owe anything, then you won't have to pay anything for being late. You just go ahead and file the paperwork -- maybe attaching a brief explanation for why you didn't file on time. |
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my_way
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| Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:40 am Post subject: |
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thanks.....i got that, but thought i might be charged a 'late fee'.....?
also wondering what I send as proof of my income in place of a W2, or whatever that's called. should i send anything? there is no instruction that i can find that says to? |
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:30 am Post subject: |
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I repeat...OMG! It got lost in the mails..."Thank God, I always make photocopies of my tax records!"
Follow the KISS method, especially when it comes to U.S. Government drones...
You didn't owe money? No foul, no harm...
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Bread
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| Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| my_way wrote: |
thanks.....i got that, but thought i might be charged a 'late fee'.....?
also wondering what I send as proof of my income in place of a W2, or whatever that's called. should i send anything? there is no instruction that i can find that says to? |
You don't send anything in place of a W2 since you had 0 US income, or at least I didn't send anything when I filed my normal taxes and nobody ever said anything about it. I used Google to convert my foreign-earned income to US dollars and put it in the box for foreign-earned income and that was it. They don't really care if they can't tax it. |
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my_way
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:42 am Post subject: |
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thank you very much....this is the question that has been bugging me. i guess they just trust that you report the truth??
whatever......just can't wait to get all the papers in the mail so we can get on with the visa process and get outta here! they say it can take up to 12 weeks to process......any comments on that? |
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Glenski
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:15 am Post subject: |
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| my_way wrote: |
| thank you very much....this is the question that has been bugging me. i guess they just trust that you report the truth?? |
Yup.
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| they say it can take up to 12 weeks to process......any comments on that? |
Sounds like a typical bureaucracy. "Up to" could mean anything, too. Best of luck. |
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G Cthulhu
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| Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Bread wrote: |
| my_way wrote: |
thanks.....i got that, but thought i might be charged a 'late fee'.....?
also wondering what I send as proof of my income in place of a W2, or whatever that's called. should i send anything? there is no instruction that i can find that says to? |
You don't send anything in place of a W2 since you had 0 US income, or at least I didn't send anything when I filed my normal taxes and nobody ever said anything about it. I used Google to convert my foreign-earned income to US dollars and put it in the box for foreign-earned income and that was it. They don't really care if they can't tax it. |
I think you're supposed to send a copy of the Japanese tax statement. Not that they can read it, but at least they can't complain about you being incomplete and proving the Japanese income was below the EIE limit. |
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Bread
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| Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| G Cthulhu wrote: |
| I think you're supposed to send a copy of the Japanese tax statement. Not that they can read it, but at least they can't complain about you being incomplete and proving the Japanese income was below the EIE limit. |
I had income from multiple countries, some of which I didn't have any tax information from. Good thing I never heard back from them, I guess. I filed online through Turbotax and it never said anything about sending something like that. |
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my_way
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:30 am Post subject: |
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I have read all of the info in the instruction manual and I haven't seen anything that says to send any proof of income from Japan......seems weird but??
I have found info on other sites that some people do send something, like the gensen choshyu, but as far as I know, nothing is required.
I might send somehting, just because I want to be sure that there are no problems which might delay the whole process.
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fujisan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| Did you check with the embassy? |
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my_way
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| the embassy doesn't deal with tax stuff |
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