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Filing Status

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
January 25, 2020
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If I’m a resident alien and my wife is also a resident alien(and makes no income)can I treat her as a non resident alien and file as head of household?

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ThomasM125

You cannot file as head of household if your spouse lived with you for the last half of the year.

However, you can filed as married-joint and that may allow you more benefits than filing as head of household. Your tax rates may be lower and you will get the same credits such as the earned income credit child tax credit.

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Pressnell1

I need to change my filing status

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JamesG1

To change your filing status, try following these steps:

Down the left side of the screen, click on Personal Info.
Scroll down until you see the filing status section. Click Edit to the right.
Follow the screens to find out whether you qualify for the different filing status.

See this help.

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mrodr78

If I filed in 2017 as Head of household and need to change it to married filed jointly, is the filing status the only thing I need to do on the amended form?