Foreign spouse with no SS#

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
April 7, 2022
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For my third year I am doing a tax return with Foreign Earned Income exclusion for wages but Business Income from S Corp. In 2021 this US citizen married a Thai national. I was going to change his status from Single to MFS but I can't get beyond need to SS# for spouse. How do I complete the Information Form, and eFile for this taxpayer that lives & works in Thailand?

ProSeries Basic

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LizPSAuthor

Level 4

I didn't get answer last year but was able to file MFS and "note" that spouse does not have ss# and I was able to eFile. This year the program says I will not be able to eFile, but I need to.

Client is a US citizen living, and working, in Thailand. Spouse is a Thai national so has no ss#. I must be able to eFile from ProSeries Basic but it's requiring ss# of spouse when I check MFS. Is there a go around or should I file client at Single and ignore spouse?

Liz

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TaxGuyBill

Level 15

If the taxpayer is married, you are not allowed to file a Single.

Maybe you can enter "NRA" for the spouse's name to make it work??? The 1040 Instructions say that you can e-file, but the last I heard ProSeries was not able to do it (but maybe you could disable error-checking to see if that works).

https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040gi#en_US_2022_publink10002597

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