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niknes
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Hi, I have double citizenship (US and Italian) I Live in Italy but last year a Lived in US for 6 month and I worked only one day. Now I have my W-2 for 80$.

Do I have to fill in the return tax? Now I am in Italy and I will not return to the USA for work.
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DavidS127
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Hi, I have double citizenship (US and Italian) I Live in Italy but last year a Lived in US for 6 month and I worked only one day. Now I have my W-2 for 80$.

It depends on your total worldwide income, not just the income you earned while in the United States.

 

If you are a U.S. citizen (or resident alien), the rules for filing income tax returns and paying estimated tax are generally the same whether you are in the United States or abroad. Your worldwide income is subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you reside.

 

But, if you had income from foreign sources and were either a bona fide resident of a foreign country or were physically present there for most of the year, you probably qualify to exclude some or all of your foreign income from taxation by the U.S.  Even if you don't meet those tests for foreign income exclusion, you get a credit for foreign taxes paid on our income.

 

See the IRS website at this link for more information, and other links to the foreign income exclusi....

 

See the section of IRS Publication 501 at this link for the Table 1 chart with the gross income amou...

 

See IRS Publication 501 Table 3 for the other situations that require you to file a U.S. tax return,...

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