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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
@derick_baum , since you entered the USA with F-1, you are generally exempt from counting days present for five calendar years from the date of admission. Therefore the question as to when were you admitted.
For example, if you were admitted in August/Sep. of 2014, then , unless your status was adjusted ( non-F-1 ) then you are exempt till the end of Calendar year 2018. For this example you would counting days from Jan 1st. of 2019 and you would be a resident alien for tax purposes around the middle of the year. In this case you are Non-Resident Alien till the day you pass the substantial presence test ( and taxed ONLY on US income, file a return on form 1040-NR- or 1040-NR/EZ ) and thereafter you are Resident Alien for tax purposes ( taxed on your world income and file a return on form 1040 ).
Note that TurboTax does not support preparation of NRA or Dual Status ( i.e. portion of year as NRA and the rest of the year as Resident )
If this example typifies your case then you should use the services of SprinTax ( TurboTax partner ) or tax professional familiar with international filing OR consult your school foreign student office -- they usually do know how to deal with this.
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