I"m working for a US company and was moving from its branch in another country to US in middle of July 2019, holding a L1 vsia. I learned that I could choose to file tax return in non resident alien (NRA) or dual status alien (by doing a first year choice). My questions are:
1. I learned that turbo tax doesn't support non resident. Does it support dual status alien? Is there any recommended software that support filing tax return for both NRA and dual status alien? I'd like to compare which tax status will save more using a software.
2. I had some income that was earned while I was working in the foreign country, but was received after I moved to US. Here is a list of these income:
- My salary in first half of July, received in end of July
- Cash converted from unused vacations, received in end of August.
- My annual bonus award for last fiscal year (07/01/2018 ~ 06/30/2019) , received in end of Sept
- My stock of the US company, which is annual award that was earned and vested before I moved to US, then held in a US broker account. I sold them after I moved to US.
Now the question are:
- Shall I treat these income as foreign income or US income, after I move to US?
- Are these income subject to US tax, if I
- choose to be NRA in 2019
- choose to be dual status alien in 2019
- Shall I pay for capital gain tax for the stock income after I sold them in US, if I choose to be NRA or dual status alien?
