For Your Spouse

Part 5

Report the following:

• Honoraria your spouse received from the United States Government.
• Consulting fees your spouse received as an independent contractor with the United States Government.
• Salary your spouse received from state, local, or foreign government employment.
• Honoraria or consulting fees your spouse received from state, local, or foreign government sources.
• Your spouse’s retirement benefits from a state, local, or foreign government, such as participation in a defined benefit plan or a defined contribution plan.

When reporting a payment to your spouse, describe the type but not the amount of the payment (unless honoraria).

Do not report the following:

• Income your spouse received as an employee of the United States Government, including military Reserve pay.
• Retirement benefits your spouse received from the United States Government, including the Thrift Savings Plan and any other United States Government retirement system.
• Your spouse’s income from the United States Government’s Social Security, veterans’ benefits, and other similar United States Government benefits programs.
• Your spouse’s income from state, local, or foreign government benefits programs.