If sprintax was free no one would have been asking this question.
No, no and no you can't technically use TurboTax if you are an international studying on visa. No matter how tempting it is to use TurboTax , since it's free. Use sprtintax!!
You might not get into any problem by filling it in the wrong but read this
My friends applied through TurboTax it has efile so they got tax returns back in like 2 weeks. Bang then corona happened and came along with it the CARES package, they all wrongfully received 1200$, they were happy only till we received a mail from university explaining how that money doesn't belong to us and how they should file tax amendment and get it corrected. Now they have to do it.
i paid 60$ to sprintax to file taxes.
they paid 0 to turbotax then received 1200$, now would have to pay 100$ for amendment.
So don't just file via TurboTax bcoz its free, do it the right way helps in long run. Don't mess with IRS on chances that nothing's gonna go wrong or over few bucks. It will suck to know, you got into trouble just to save couple of bucks. Use Sprintax if you are eligible to file as resident alien it will tell you so. chat with their agents. Don't use friends or seniors advice.
I don't think i could be clearer than this.
