Hello,
I have been reading through many of these feeds to wrap my head around filing for taxes. I have lived in the UK for 2 years now. I moved here in Jan 2011, so I was in the UK for the entire 2011 tax year and now the 2012 tax year. I did not make very much money the initial year, somewhere around 3000 pounds. I didn't even think to file taxes
Now I am really feeling stupid. I am prepared to file my taxes this year...I think? But I am wondering how I file them for the previous year, do I just get the correct forms from the IRS website and fill them out...and then send them where? I have never done it on paper, I have always used turbo tax.
My other question concerns my husband. He is British but lived in the USA for 6 years and has a social security number. He has given up his green card, does he need to file for taxes as well? My plan was to file a not jointly.
When filing taxes do they need some kind of payslip? Obviously in the US we use to get like a W2 form at the end of the year, but the tax year is obviously different here, so I am wondering how that might work..
Am I going to be penalised financially, legally, when I file for my 2011 taxes?? I am feeling very overwhelmed
Thank you for any help.