Filing status as Married Filing Jointly or Filing Separately

anandpr_2007 · #1 Feb 8, 2008, 09:17 AM

Hi,

I have been in USA on L1 for the following time period:

May 2006 to January 2007.
August 2007 till Date.

According to the substantial presence test, I completed my 183 days in US in November 2007.

So during 2007 I was a dual status alien. My non-working spuose and year old daughteris were also with me in US during the above time frame.

Can I file as "Married Filing Jointly" since on the last day of 2007 we were resident aliens?

If not and I have to file both as NRA and RA for the different periods, would my gross income be different for the periods? In other words, I was paid an annual income of 35K during 2007. Do I have to divide this into NRA and RA incomes for 2007? In that case, do I even fall into the tax brackets?

I am realy confused and would be very thankful if someone could provide pointers for my queries.

Thanks and Regards,
Anand.



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