TAXES

[LND2012]

hello...

me and my husband got married in December 2011...

he is an american citizen and we will be filing soon for sponsorship for his residency here now obviously i know that when i file i put myself as married... now do we file together in canada do we file seperatley me in canada him in the US or do i file us together and claim him as a dependant or does he not file at all how is this done do we need any special forms?

so to simply put it

me canadian citizen
him american citizen
we will be but have yet to file for sponsorship/residency
how do filing taxes work

 

[YorkFactory]

You should read the guides that come with each country's tax forms (the 1040 and the T1) to see where each of you have to file. Additionally, if your filing status in the U.S. is "married filing jointly" then you will have to get your husband an ITIN (International Taxpayer Identification Number). If you still live in the United States, you probably aren't a resident of Canada for tax purposes yet, so you probably won't have to file a T1 for 2011. There's not really such a thing as a joint return in Canada.

Additionally, you will be required to file tax returns in the United States as long as you are a U.S. citizen, regardless of where you live. You will also have to report all of your bank and brokerage accounts to the Department of the Treasury using form TD F 90-22.1 by June 30 of the year following any calendar year during which they were worth US$10,000 or more combined at any point (even if no single account was worth $10,000 by itself).