International students qualify to use Free Edition online?

[xiaoyaoit]

Hello everyone,

Do the international students who lived in California >9 months in 2019 on F1 student visa qualify to use the Free Edition online?

Regards.

[SusanY1]

Most international students need to file Form 1040NR which is not available in any TurboTax product.  For international students, we recommend SprinTax.com.

[xiaoyaoit]

Thanks for your reply. I want to ask the CA state tax filing, not federal. Can international students use your Free Edition for state tax?

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

No, you cannot do that, because information flows from the federal return to the state return in TurboTax.  Since you cannot use the Free Edition for a federal return, you cannot use it for a state return.  See the software for sprintax instead:

NON RESIDENT ALIEN 

If you are a non-resident alien, your return must be filed on Form 1040NR, which cannot be prepared using TurboTax.  You can use TT’s partner, sprintax:

https://www.sprintax.com/non-resident-alien-tax-1040nr-turbotax.html