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2012-02-13 Can i claim foreign tax credit carryovers for past years even though i didn`t file taxes during those years?:

Tricky.    The foreign tax credit can be calculated based on taxes paid or taxes accrued.    If the taxes were accrued, and you are not planning on paying them, I would not claim foreign tax credit carryovers

2012-02-09 Physical Presence and FEI exemption:

Michael,    I'm sorry this reply comes late, I could have sworn I had answered this question.    For 2010, you could certainly take advantage of the foreign earned income exclusion, using a period that

2012-02-06 tax filing married to a foreigner:

Genevieve,      When married to a non resident alien,  you can file:      Married Filing Joint- If you make the election to do so. It would require you going to the embassy to notarize a statement where

2012-02-03 Tax Exemption Status:

Dear Edgar,    Providing an exact answer for your fact pattern would require careful analysis of the facts you present and others we would need. I will provide some basic guidance that you can use:   

2012-01-31 Tax Returns W-7:

In theory, they will assign a TIN and then process the returns.    In reality, they sometimes reject the return because no TIN Exists (??!!)    So you are doing it the right way, just know that you may