First-time Tax Filing for New Green Card Holder - 2024

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Hi Tax experts,

Please help with the filing for my relative.

My family member came here first time as green card resident in Nov 2024 the  but was still on foreign country payroll.

She got the SSN in Jan 2025.

She went back since Jan 2025 to continue to work overseas.

I am assuming she is still required to file tax between Nov-Dec2024. Does she need to enter her SSN since her SSN wasn't assigned until Jan 2025?

She is not making a lot (general clerical job). Does it make sense to file for the lasts 2 months in 2024 or use dual-status filing?

What should I enter her permanent address? She stayed here in Nov-Dec during the tax year 2024.

With her situation, can I use my TT Premier to file her tax?

[Vanessa A]

Yes, she will need to file a form 1040 that includes her income from worldwide for Nov and Dec 2024 or whichever date she arrived through the end of the year. 

Yes, she will use her SSN as this  number has now replaced the ITIN so anytime she does anything that needs a SSN or ITIN, she will use the SSN. 

She would be a dual status alien since she didn't get her green card and arrive in the US until November and then left the country in January.  She is not able to take the standard deduction so even if she doesn't make a lot, there would not be a minimum filing threshold as her only deductions would be itemized deductions and they would need to be listed in order to use them. 

Her permanent address will be wherever she permanently lives and where the IRS can contact her or send her mail. 

You can use TurboTax Premier to file her Resident Return, 

Also, depending on which state she lived in while here, she may need to file a return for that state.