I sent my 1040 tax return with my wife's W7 application (she is looking for her ITIN as she can't work at US due to visa regulations) about 1.5 months ago. Just now I received a letter from IRS saying that they rejected the tax return because either I or she didn't sign the 1040 or she was not listed on the 1040. As I filed the tax as "Married Filed Separately" and in the bottom part of the 1040 shows specifically that only BOTH should be signed if file "Married Filed Jointly". So that's why I didn't let her sign on my 1040. She signed her application of W7 which I included with my 1040.
So I am now basically confused what did I do wrong here? Does it mean that filing separately still be treated as 'jointly'? When I called their number the lady didn't understand initially and asked me to list her name and re-send everything. When I specifically read the rejection letter to her and asked her to check on this by the 'case reference number' she refused to do so and hung up on me. But she basically said completely different procedure such as "You need to send your 1040 and her W7 separately, and not together. If you send again everything together they are gonna reject it again." Now everywhere I read about getting an ITIN for spouse it says that I have to put everything together. This is where I'm lost as well.
Anybody has any idea how to deal with this? Thanks in advance!