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Deductions & credits

@drkamranrajput , based on  the details in your post, you were a resident for tax purposes  prior to your departure; your visa expired and therefore became a "non-US person ".  Thus for the period you were back in your home country ( India? )   i.e. your departure from the USA and till you  were readmitted back into USA with a work visa you would be  a Non-Resident Alien and therefore taxed ONLY on US sourced /connected  income by the US.  If you had no US income in the USA during this period  there is no reason for you  to file a return.   However since you were a resident for tax purposes when you left  US shores , you need to file a a form 1040  covering the period  Jan 1st through the day you left the US shores ( and visa cancelled ).

A point to remember that now that you are back in USA, you are a resident alien for tax purposes  right away because  on day 1 you after your entry you would have   184 days   ( 1/3 of 2019= 63 , plus 1/6 of 2018=121  plus all days in 2020  ) and you were a resident alien before you left.

IRS will generally argue that your residency permeated through the gap days  and you have to show  ( if challenged ) that you had no connection to the  US -- closer connection to your home country  ( family connections, banking, employment etc. etc. )

Good Luck

 

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