I am an international student and I have been in the USA for more than 5 years. I worked in my campus in 2017 and got paid in 2017 and 2018 how to file for these 2 years?

[Wr]

Can I still use turbotax or should I use sprintax? What other forms I need to file for last year and this year? It was the same position on my campus

[KarenJ]

You need to count the years you are in the US as 5 years or part years.  As an example,  if you arrived in September 2013, you would count 2013 as one year, so 2013,2014,2015,2016 and 2017 would be 5 years.  In this example you would become a resident starting January 1, 2018. 

If you count your years in the US as indicted above and you determine that you are a resident in 2018, you need to file a full year resident return in TurboTax.  If you find that you were a resident starting January 1, 2017, then you need to file a full year resident return for 2017 in TurboTax.

If you were not yet a resident in 2017 or 2018 then you need to file a nonresident return for those years with Sprintax.

[Wr]

Thanks Karen. How do I use Turbotax to file this year for what I received in 2017 and 2018?

[KarenJ]

For 2017, you will need to purchase the cd/desktop version of 2017. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/past-years-products/">https://turbotax.intuit.com/persona...>