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My wife received her green card on 07/28/2018 but lived and worked in the United States for all of 2018. Do I need to pay taxes for the full year or can I pro-rate them?

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June 5, 2019
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Best answer by Opus 17

Any person who is a US resident (lived in the US at least 183 days) owes income tax, even if they are illegal/undocumented, and even non-residents owe US tax on income earned in the US. Your wife owes regular income tax on her entire income for 2018. Usually, filing a joint return will result in the lowest overall tax.

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Any person who is a US resident (lived in the US at least 183 days) owes income tax, even if they are illegal/undocumented, and even non-residents owe US tax on income earned in the US. Your wife owes regular income tax on her entire income for 2018. Usually, filing a joint return will result in the lowest overall tax.

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By the way, if your wife earned money in the US in 2017, she would be required to file some kind of tax return. You may need to do this now if you didn't before. Ask for more information.

And, if she did file last year and has an ITIN (international taxpayer ID number) but now has a social security number, you will use the SSN on your 2018 tax return but you need to send the IRS a separate letter to tell them about her new number.

See this FAQ

<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.irs.gov/individuals/additional-itin-information">https://www.irs.gov/individuals/additional-itin-information</a>