rohanmadtha
Apr 13, 2009, 04:48 PM
Hi,
I seem to have gotten myself into a mess. I filed my taxes online this year, as a resident alien, without knowing that I am actually a NON-resident alien.
I am from India. I arrived in the US in August 07, and have been here since (except for the month I took off, last December). I am on an F-1 visa with the University of Utah. I started work in July of 2008. One of my friends who had filed taxes the year before suggested I use freetaxusa.com to file my taxes as it was convenient. At the time, I was unaware that NRAs aren't allowed to e-file their taxes.
I found out about this later, read Publication 519, and the instructions on 8843. Although I pass the substantial presence test, I cannot count the days as a student on F-1, which is pretty much ALL of them!
The problem is this: I e-filed my taxes with the 1040 instead of the 1040NR-EZ (I think!), got my returns back and today is April the 13th. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Should I bother fixing this, since I've already got my returns... i.e. will this come back to bite me in the @$$ later?
Thanks,
Rohan
I seem to have gotten myself into a mess. I filed my taxes online this year, as a resident alien, without knowing that I am actually a NON-resident alien.
I am from India. I arrived in the US in August 07, and have been here since (except for the month I took off, last December). I am on an F-1 visa with the University of Utah. I started work in July of 2008. One of my friends who had filed taxes the year before suggested I use freetaxusa.com to file my taxes as it was convenient. At the time, I was unaware that NRAs aren't allowed to e-file their taxes.
I found out about this later, read Publication 519, and the instructions on 8843. Although I pass the substantial presence test, I cannot count the days as a student on F-1, which is pretty much ALL of them!
The problem is this: I e-filed my taxes with the 1040 instead of the 1040NR-EZ (I think!), got my returns back and today is April the 13th. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Should I bother fixing this, since I've already got my returns... i.e. will this come back to bite me in the @$$ later?
Thanks,
Rohan