Hi
I live in Europe and own real estate in California since 1984.
Between 1984 and 1990 I have lived always more than 180 days in California.
My daughter was born in 1990 and the wife and I only have visited the state of and on during the year.
Until I got married to my wife I was always paying taxes as a single person and filed a 1040 with an accounting firm.
In 1992 the wife and I got married and the wife had a green card and is a resident.
However we have not lived in the US not visited the US since 2000.
We are paying a substancial amount of taxes and several years I asked the bookkeeper if there is a difference between a resident alien and a none resident alien in the amount paying taxes. She wrote me than it is the same. But I dont have that email any more.

However by looking at the tax table from a 1040nr and a 1040 it looks like there is a difference.

Can anyone tell me if there is a difference in the amount a none resident is paying compared to a resident? Will a none resident have to pay more?
Also what shall I do now in case I have done that wrong for that many years?
Am I now in big trouble and how can I solve the problem for over those many years.
Does it look like I will loose all my property and and the end will have to go to prison?

Realy I am very much worried and I would thank anyone that could help me clearing this matter step by step , what I should do.
My email adress is:



I thank you very much forward for your help.

With best regards iser

AtlantaTaxExpert

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Your bookkeeper is wrong. There is a difference in the amount of tax when between filing as a resident alien and filing as a nonresident alien.