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HI
Hi there. I have been married to a man from Germany for 3 years together 6. I have a tax question. He has his green card because he was married previously to another American woman. His mind sense on doing taxes at the end of the year is that he doesnt have to do them because he pays in on his paycheck like everyone else does and knows he wont be getting anything back so why file. He has done this for a few years. This year I told him that he is filing taxes jointly and I am not going to get screwed over by some stupid thing he thought was right, etc. Is this something he could get deported over?
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DH is German and has his green card. You have to file taxes... DH even got money back this year.
He filed taxes the four years he lived here while in school too.
I would start making calls if I were the two of you. If you were living in Germany with him you would have to pay taxes there so I don't know why he thinks he's immune to filing now that he has permanent residency in the US.
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And yes he could be deported, not have his green card renewed, and lose the ability to qualify for citizenship. Not to mention if he does get deported he could be blacklisted from entering for 10 years.
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He can't even apply for citizenship unless he has filed taxes.
Since he has a social security money and he has a job the IRS can, and at some point likely will, find that he hasn't filed and he could be in big trouble, not to mention it could have implications on his green card. He needs to file retroactively.
Thank you. That's what I thought. He is going to ammend the last 3 years that he didnt file so he will be current. It was like pulling teeth but he's going to do it. I dont know why he is like that.
Speaking of being married to a German, what differences do you seen as to how they act differently than the average American man?
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If you file late and you turn out not to owe anything, you generally don't need to pay a penalty since the penalty is a percentage of what you owe. But you are still expected to file regardless.
Yes, he could get into serious trouble for tax evasion, which is, I believe, a felony. And I'm pretty sure you can be deported for felonies. I'm glad he has seen the light and agreed to file retroactively. Even though taxes are taken out of his paycheck in Germany he would never think of not filing there, would he? Same thing in the US.
I'm also married to a German (live in Germany), but I can't say I notice any differences from the "average American man," whatever that person is like. :-) He loves soccer and doesn't really get either football or baseball, but you can hardly hold that against him. The one thing that I miss sometimes is the childhood nostalgia - we can't reminisce about TV shows or fads from childhood because they were different here. So any kind of Saved by the Bell / Inspector Gadget / etc allusion is totally lost on him.
I dont think so either. I emailed his stuff to my aunt and my aunt just did his taxes. He is getting a huge refund back. She also explained to him why he has to file taxes and why they need to be done. She is also going to amend the last 3 years for him so he'll be all caught up. Thank god my aunt is a tax pro!