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I came to US on L1 Visa from August 22 2009. I want to file my tax returns and my status is non resident for year 2009 and I have to file form 1040NR-EZ, which I understand correctly.

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But Isn't it better to take standard deduction of 5700$ instead of the itemized deduction because I didn't have any travel expense as I was living near by office. And also to take this itemized...

I am married but my wife is in India, she didn't travel along with me, also my assignment in US is for less than an year. Its from Aug 2009 to May 2010. Also have no moving expense or travel...

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I am working on a L1 Visa in California, US. I came to US for the first time on 22nd August 2009 and stayed in US till 18th December 2009. Then I went back to India and came back on 1st...

Thanks for all the answers. It helped a lot.

As for me completing SPT in year 2010 will take around 5 months of the year 2010. And it is a lot of time so one last question

What will be the last...

It means I can not avail the dependent tax benefits of my wife for year 2009 (As I will not able to pass STP for year 2009),

but I can avail dependent tax benefits for the year 2010 provided I...

This means that even though my wife will not be coming to US, I can avail the tax benefits.

What will be the criteria for my substantial presence test as the above doesn't tell anything if I have...

I travelled to US in August 2009 and will stay here for 10 months. I am married and my wife has not travelled with me and will not be coming in future as well.

I want to know if I can file tax...