i 864/864A question regarding joint income tax returns and reporting income

[stello]

Hi all.

First off, I apologize, I know different versions of this question have been circulating for ages, but I can't find an answer that covers our situation. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

I am a USC through marriage, my spouse is a USC through birth.
I am petitioning on behalf of my parents (separate i130's and i485's concurrently).

I make very little money personally, less than $5k per year. My spouse makes more than $100k though. We have always filed taxes jointly.

I know that on the i 864, in Part 6, 19, a, b, and c, that they are looking for gross income, as found on line 22 of form 1040. My confusion lies in what to put on the i864 as the vast majority of that income was my spouses? Do I put the total for line 22 for each tax year as if it were my gross income or do I somehow separate my income from theirs and report only that?

In part 6 #2 I simply put $5k as my expected annual income. I'm self employed, should I include any evidence to support this? After all we are relying almost exclusively on my spouses income and are including plenty of evidence to support that.

I know that my spouse and I need to fill out an i864A, so the same question applies regarding Part 4, #'s 2a, 2b, and 2c. Does my spouse just put the total income from our joint tax return (line 22 on 1040) or put their individual gross income?

Thanks very much in advance!

[dhrsmyk]

i have same question right now. please help me what did you put on that lines 19 abc.

Hi all.

First off, I apologize, I know different versions of this question have been circulating for ages, but I can't find an answer that covers our situation. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

I am a USC through marriage, my spouse is a USC through birth.
I am petitioning on behalf of my parents (separate i130's and i485's concurrently).

I make very little money personally, less than $5k per year. My spouse makes more than $100k though. We have always filed taxes jointly.

I know that on the i 864, in Part 6, 19, a, b, and c, that they are looking for gross income, as found on line 22 of form 1040. My confusion lies in what to put on the i864 as the vast majority of that income was my spouses? Do I put the total for line 22 for each tax year as if it were my gross income or do I somehow separate my income from theirs and report only that?

In part 6 #2 I simply put $5k as my expected annual income. I'm self employed, should I include any evidence to support this? After all we are relying almost exclusively on my spouses income and are including plenty of evidence to support that.

I know that my spouse and I need to fill out an i864A, so the same question applies regarding Part 4, #'s 2a, 2b, and 2c. Does my spouse just put the total income from our joint tax return (line 22 on 1040) or put their individual gross income?

Thanks very much in advance!

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[Hansen Wu]

I had the same problem here, can anyone give a hand?

Hi all.

First off, I apologize, I know different versions of this question have been circulating for ages, but I can't find an answer that covers our situation. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

I am a USC through marriage, my spouse is a USC through birth.
I am petitioning on behalf of my parents (separate i130's and i485's concurrently).

I make very little money personally, less than $5k per year. My spouse makes more than $100k though. We have always filed taxes jointly.

I know that on the i 864, in Part 6, 19, a, b, and c, that they are looking for gross income, as found on line 22 of form 1040. My confusion lies in what to put on the i864 as the vast majority of that income was my spouses? Do I put the total for line 22 for each tax year as if it were my gross income or do I somehow separate my income from theirs and report only that?

In part 6 #2 I simply put $5k as my expected annual income. I'm self employed, should I include any evidence to support this? After all we are relying almost exclusively on my spouses income and are including plenty of evidence to support that.

I know that my spouse and I need to fill out an i864A, so the same question applies regarding Part 4, #'s 2a, 2b, and 2c. Does my spouse just put the total income from our joint tax return (line 22 on 1040) or put their individual gross income?

Thanks very much in advance!

[rayb]

In Part 6, you show your estimated annual income, then your spouses expected annual income. For the income tax return income, you need only show the line 22 total income for the most recent tax year. On the I-864A, follow the same as above.

Include W2's and/or 1099-MISC forms for the given tax year from each of you for supporting documents.

--Ray B

I had the same problem here, can anyone give a hand?

[newacct]

I had the same problem here, can anyone give a hand?

For the question that asks for the "total income" line from tax returns for the last 3 years (Part 6 #19), you put the exact number from the "total income" line from your tax return, no matter how you filed. You don't "separate" or otherwise modify that number. Yes, that means if you file jointly it will be a joint "total income". That's fine. And that means if the spouse files an I-864A the numbers will be the same on the I-864 and I-864A; that is expected.

For the question that asks for current income, you put the salary of the job you have right now (this very moment), not what you made in the past or will make in the future.