Income taxes

blondie_81 · Post by **blondie_81** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:54 am

Hi there,
I never used this tax forum but I use immigration one quite a lot and I find this forums very helpful. I have kind of silly question but I thought I will good to get your opinion on it if I may. I'm sponsoring my husband from Canada so he's been living with me here over a year now. Somebody told me that I can write off living expenses for him since he is not working while we are in the middle of getting his permanet status. So my question to you is can I do that even though he doesn't have SIN or no? If no can I do it next year when he has SIN? If you could answer my question for me that would be really greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:42 am

You don't write of f 'living expenses'. you claim him as a dependent. he probably doesn't need an SIN.

blondie_81 · Post by **blondie_81** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:46 am

Thanks Nelsona but I have one more question for you if you don't mind. So do I need to do something different than that I used to before as a single person or do I just let my accountant know that I won't to claim him as my dependent?
Thanks for your promt reply.

nelsona · Post by **nelsona** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:43 am

You need to let your acct know rthat you are MARRIED. he will 'presumably' figure it our from there.

You are no longer SINGLE.