Hi there,
It seems I have to file a dual-status tax return for the year 2025 after surveying.
I had worked for an US team of a Japanese company in California for 7 years until the end of 2024 as a green card holder and moved back to Korea as of Christmas in 2024 and got changed my affiliation to the Korean branch and got paid from them. I abandoned my green card in February of 2025.
From my understanding I have to file as two status :
1) January 2025 - February 2025(resident alien)
2) the rest of the year(NR)
I've been working on the tax return on TurboTax and someone says I still can file 1040 only and write 'dual-status statement' across the top.
A question I have now is about foreign accounts I have in Korea and Japan outside of the US. This is one of the biggest hassles every time I file my tax returns because I have to calculate and write more than 5 accounts on 1040 as well as FBAR.
Do I still need to do all of those over the whole year even though I was resident alien a little more than a month? I hope I could file only 1040 by TurboTax.
Thanks,
Jane
