If you are still on an F-1 student visa with optional training, you are considered a nonresident for US taxes for 5 years or part years. For you this would be 2016,2017,2018, 2019, 2020. You will be considered a US tax resident in 2021.
You will need to
complete a nonresident return and print it and attach it to your amended return
(1040X)
TurboTax does not support nonresident returns.
However we have a
partnership with Sprintax offering a nonresident tax filing solution to our
TurboTax customers.
Visit the TurboTax/Sprintax site for more info or to get started.
After you prepare the correct return on the Sprintax website, print out your 1040NR and attach it the 1040X.
You can print out the 2018 1040X
on the IRS website. You should not prepare
the amended return. in TurboTax. The links to the 1040X are located below.
You can use
the steps here below to amend your 1040 return, after the IRS has
accepted your return and you've received a refund (or pay tax due). Once you
prepare your amended return, you will need to mail it in with your 1040NR
attached , as amended returns cannot be e-filed. So follow the steps here below
to help you fix this situation.
**Make sure you
check the box to show the tax year that you are amending
on Form 1040X.
Per IRS page
5 (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040x.pdf:(
To amend Form 1040NR
or 1040NR-EZ, or to file the correct return, do the following:
- Enter your name, current
address, and social security number (SSN) or individual taxpayer
identification number (ITIN) on the front of Form 1040X.
- Don’t enter any other
information on page 1. Also, don’t complete Parts I or II on page 2
of Form 1040X.
- Enter in Part III the reason
why you are filing Form 1040X.
- Complete a new or corrected
return ( Form 1040NR, etc.).
- Across the top of the new or
corrected return, write “Amended.”
- Attach the new or corrected
return to the back of Form 1040X.
Form
1040X - https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040x.pdf
Form 1040X
Instructions https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040x.pdf
Make sure you sign
both the amended return and your 1040NR before mailing to the IRS.
You will need to go on your state Department of Taxation website to print out your state amended return or instructions from your state as to how to amend.
