Question about dependents on taxes
Hey guys,
My American girlfriend has been living with me for over a year now and we have applied for permanent residency under family status sponsorship as common-law last November. We still haven't received news if she was accepted, I think it takes 8 months from applying, or at least that's what I've read.
Now, I'm filing my taxes and just getting a rough idea playing with numbers and tweaking things in Ufile and I see that having her as my dependent with $0 income brings my tax return up $3000. Can I file with her as my dependent? Either way, if accepted for PR or not, she would still be my spouse and I could file in this manner, right? Not sure the technicalities here.
Thanks
My American girlfriend has been living with me for over a year now and we have applied for permanent residency under family status sponsorship as common-law last November. We still haven't received news if she was accepted, I think it takes 8 months from applying, or at least that's what I've read.
Now, I'm filing my taxes and just getting a rough idea playing with numbers and tweaking things in Ufile and I see that having her as my dependent with $0 income brings my tax return up $3000. Can I file with her as my dependent? Either way, if accepted for PR or not, she would still be my spouse and I could file in this manner, right? Not sure the technicalities here.
Thanks