Hi how do file Q12b please help...
Can you help citizenship applications Q12b please...
Question no:12b I marked yes at taxes filed for 5 years.Should I mention that required to file or not?
Am I need to mention "no" at required file?i don't mention that..is it mistake?
No one can advise you about how to answer particular questions in the application. How to answer depends on
YOUR particular facts and circumstances and
YOUR best understanding of what is asked and how your facts apply to the question asked.
Moreover, there are a total of TEN responses required for Item 12.b Two responses for each of the relevant five tax years. How you respond depends on the facts for each respective tax year.
As others have said, and as I have suggested elsewhere, it is very likely OK to check "yes" required to file for any year the applicant did in fact file a return and checks "yes" filed. But it is probably OK if the applicant checked "no" not required to file. As long as the applicant checks "yes" filed for a year, and the applicant did in fact file a return for that year, that means the applicant complied with tax filing obligations for that year.
That is, it does not matter if the applicant was required to file or not SO LONG AS the applicant did file . . . and for such a year it should not matter whether the applicant checks yes or no regarding "required to file."
THUS . . .
If you have already sent in the application:
You report you "mark
ed yes at taxes filed for 5 years," and ask whether it is a mistake to answer "no" for required to file, as if you already did this and sent off the application. If so
DO NOT WORRY. It is OK. For every year you checked "yes" you did file a return (and in fact did file a return) that counts as a year in compliance with the tax filing obligations, whether you were required to file or not file. So whether you checked "no" or "yes" as to 'required to file' for those years does NOT matter, not much anyway (best to be accurate but again as long as you marked "yes" filed and you did in fact file, how you answer the 'required to file' part is of very little import).
If you are preparing to send in the application:
If you are preparing to send in the application, the five relevant tax years are:
Again, the applicant needs to respond for each individual year.
I am guessing it is very unlikely that you have filed a tax return yet for 2017. So if you are signing the application before you file a 2017 tax return, for the
YEAR 2017 you need to check "no" did not file.
Assuming you did file a return for 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, you can check "yes"
filed for each of those years. If you filed a return, it should be OK to check "yes"
required to file for those years. But if you think you did not need to file and you check "no" not required to file, that too should be OK.