@pk wrote:
Your start of the year would be the first full day you were in the USA for any purposes.
As pk pointed, you are a Dual Status alien.
Unfortunately, I need to disagree with some of the other comments above. TurboTax is NOT set up for Dual Status Aliens, and you should go to a tax professional that specializes in Nonresident Aliens (and Dual Status Aliens).
For example, TurboTax does not write "Dual-Status Return" on your tax return.
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/taxation-of-dual-status-aliens
And because you have a partial-year tax year, you can not use the Standard Deduction.
https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519#en_US_2021_publink[phone number removed]
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/63#c_6
With that being said, there is an exception for the Standard Deduction for "students and business apprentices". However, I am unsure when and how that applies.
https://www.irs.gov/publications/p519#en_US_2021_publink[phone number removed]
As I said before, you really should go to a tax professional that specializes in Nonresident Alien (and Dual Status Alien) tax returns, ideally someone with experience with clients from India.
