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Level 15
Level 15

Deductions & credits

@adi47 , since you entered the country in 2016 with F-1, and assuming that this was your  first entry to the USA ( under any visa ), you would have been an exempt ( from counting days present in the USA for Substantial Presence Test) for full five calendar years  i.e.  till end of 2020.  

 The date on which your  visa status was adjusted  ( to H1-B) your exempt status  was terminated.  Thus  you now  count every day you are / were present  in the USA.  You are  still a Non-Resident Alien ( filing 1040-NR and  paying  US taxes ONLY on US sourced / connected income.  Once you pass the Substantial Presence Test ( SPT),  you become a Resident for Tax Purposes, file form 1040 ( supported by TurboTax ) and be taxed on your world income, just like a citizen/Green Card holder.

SPT  requires 183 days present in the US counting all the days present in the US in the current year , 1/3 the days present in the previous year and 1/6th the days present in previous to previous year.

 

Is there more I can do for you ?

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