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Posted by Benjamin Yazersky CPA on April 19, 2007, 3:52 am
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> Still trying to help my son.
>
> It says in Publication 54, at the bottom of the middle
> column on page 30, "You can claim an exemption for your
> nonresident alien spouse on your separate return, provided
> your spouse has no gross income for U.S. tax purposes and is
> not the dependent of another U.S. taxpayer."
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> It then goes on to say that you can claim exemptions for
> others who are dependents, but they need to be citizens or
> residents.
> For a spouse it does not say that a tax identification
> number is need to claim an exemption. Is this true?
I think you do need an id #.
But the non res spouse can't get a ssn.
However, the IRS does issue id #'s for this purpose & I just
can't think of what its called right now (too much tax
season burnout & April 16 noreaster)
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