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January 20, 2021
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I am married filing single, spouse lives in Kuwait, doesn't have a SS#, and also did not live with me any part of 2020, how do I skip the questions asking for his SS?

  • January 20, 2021
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Employee
January 20, 2021

There is no Married Filing Single.  Do you mean Married Filing Separately?

DoninGA
Employee
January 20, 2021

If you are a US citizen or US resident and your spouse does not have a Social Security number or an ITIN and you are not applying for an ITIN with the tax return then you can only file your tax return as Married Filing Separately.  Where asked to enter the spouse's Social Security number enter 999-88-9999.  You can only print and mail your tax return, it cannot be e-filed.  When you print the tax return erase the Social Security number for your spouse and manually enter NRA for non-resident alien.

See this TurboTax support FAQ for the procedure to print and mail a tax return using the online editions - https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1944348-how-do-i-print-and-mail-my-return-in-turbotax-online

tmyAuthor
January 20, 2021

Yes, Separately filing. sorry for my mistake. Thanks for the information, I appreciate the assistance.