mungbeans
Mar 11, 2012, 05:30 PM
I moved to the US from Canada in March of 2011 and will be filing my US tax return for the first time.
From March till Sept I was working in the US with a J1 visa, then it changed to a H1 visa. I think associated with that change is a change of status from non-resident alien to resident alien or similar. While on the J1 my payroll deductions were pretty small (didn't have reductions for things such as 401k etc.), after switching to a H1 visa my deductions became much higher.
My question is - are there a different set of forms for filing as a non-resident alien to a resident-alien (or similar, depending upon what my exact status was)? And if so, as my status changed during the tax year do I fill in one form, which one, or both.
If I fill in the same tax form as everybody else, but there is a section where I say what my status is, as my status changed, then what do I say my status is? And is there a section for saying when and how my status changed?
TIA
TIA
From March till Sept I was working in the US with a J1 visa, then it changed to a H1 visa. I think associated with that change is a change of status from non-resident alien to resident alien or similar. While on the J1 my payroll deductions were pretty small (didn't have reductions for things such as 401k etc.), after switching to a H1 visa my deductions became much higher.
My question is - are there a different set of forms for filing as a non-resident alien to a resident-alien (or similar, depending upon what my exact status was)? And if so, as my status changed during the tax year do I fill in one form, which one, or both.
If I fill in the same tax form as everybody else, but there is a section where I say what my status is, as my status changed, then what do I say my status is? And is there a section for saying when and how my status changed?
TIA
TIA