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nick_2332
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F1 to H1b Tax Filing Clarification

Hello Community Members,

I came into the US in December 2014 on a F1 Visa and was first employed with an on campus job in 2015 under F1 CPT. Following that, I have been filing my taxes in the following manner:

 

F1 Student on CPT  for Tax Year 2015 - Filed 1040EZ  Online

F1 Student on CPT  for Tax Year 2016 - Filed 1040 NR Paper form 

F1 Student on OPT  for Tax Year 2017 - Filed 1040 NR Paper Form 

F1 Student on OPT  for Tax Year 2018 - Filed 1040 NR Paper Form 

F1 Student on OPT  for JAN-SEP in Tax Year 2019 and H1B Starting October 2019 - Tax Year 2019 - ?? 

 

As you can see My H1B status became effective in October 2019 - before which I was on F1 OPT. 

My question is for the tax year 2019 - Should I be filing the 1040NR Paper form or the normal 1040 ?
(Based on some research, I found that unless one has been in H1B status for more than 183 days - They are not considered a (Resident alien?) and should not be filing the normal 1040.

In my case for 2019, since I have been in F1 OPT status from Jan to September 2019 and on H1B only for October - December 2019 --> What should I be doing/filing ? )

 

P.S: I know the first tax filing for tax year 2015 with 1040 EZ was Incorrect as I had no idea how this works 😄 - Is there a way to fix it?

Any and all insights are appreciated.

 

 

Thanks 🙂

 

 

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F1 to H1b Tax Filing Clarification


@nick_2332 wrote:

Hello Community Members,

I came into the US in December 2014 on a F1 Visa

 

 


That means that 2019 was your 6th year.  As such, you were a Resident the entire year.  So you can file a 1040 as a full-year Resident.

 

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