Non Canadian Spouse

GlobalCitizen · Post by **GlobalCitizen** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:30 pm

I am a Canadian citizen who has been living in Canada, but recently moved to another country to get married. My spouse is not Canadian, and does not have a SIN number.

I still have income sourced from Canada (and will continue to have income from Canada in years to come) so I am required to file a return. Also, at least for 2014, I am still considered a resident by virtue of my ties to Canada.

However, I don't know how to deal with my spouse on the return. I know I'm supposed to enter my spouse's worldwide income, but is it necessary to include an ITN or TTN?

Will my spouse need to file because of me?

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:59 am

Just because you have Cdn-sourced income does not make you a Cdn resident, nor your spouse.
Since you will be filing a non-resident return (after filing a departure return for 2014), you will not have to report her income, so long as you do not claim any of the deductions that are determined by "joint" income.

But, even if you do report her income (on page 1), you won't need a TIN for her.

How have you been reporting her income in the past?

GlobalCitizen · Post by **GlobalCitizen** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:19 pm

Okay, thanks! This is my first year dealing with the issue, as I was single last year.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:09 pm

Mazel tov!