@nshivakumar20 , Namaste ji.
(a) When did you enter the USA , with which visa, when did you leave the USA, were there any visa status adjustments during your stay here in the USA?
(b) Do your US investments ( liquid / semi-liquids ) produce any recognizable income ?
( c) Is your daughter a minor , per US rules or emancipated ( per US court-order ) ?
(d) Which country are you from ( India ? ) ? Are you residing and earning in that country ?
Very generally, a Non-Resident Alien needs to file a tax return ONLY when there is US sourced income involved.
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Hi Thank you for your response and please find below with my
a) When did you enter the USA , with which visa, when did you leave the USA, were there any visa status adjustments during your stay here in the USA?
I Entered in 2007 on H1 and filing taxes continuously until 2023. I left US in Nov. 2023. All the years I was on Work Visa H1B
(b) Do your US investments ( liquid / semi-liquids ) produce any recognizable income ?
US Investments Around 8K in stocks Robinhood & 8K in Crypto in coin base. I did not do any trade with these investments.
( c) Is your daughter a minor , per US rules or emancipated ( per US court-order ) ?
She is minor and US Citizen
(d) Which country are you from ( India ? ) ? Are you residing and earning in that country ?
India and Yes I earning here
No. Since you are not a US Citizen and are no longer a resident of the US and have no source of US income (since you did not sell or trade any of the stock or Crypto), you would not have any US taxable income, so you would not need to file a return.
Having a daughter that is a US citizen does not affect your filing status as taxes are based on the individual, not family members. If she works in India or the US, as a US Citizen, all income is taxable to the US even if she is a minor. She would need to file a return like any other US Citizen.
U.S. citizens and residents abroad – Filing requirements
Hi, Thank you for your response and clear explanation. one last question "Will I be eligible to claim Child Credit by filing the return"?
@nshivakumar20 , while I generally agree with @Vanessa A , I still have more questions:
(a) since you left the USA in 2023 ( when exactly ?), did you file a 2023 return ?
(b) Because you were here for more than 10 years 2007 through 2023 ), you would have been considered long-term resident ( for tax purposes ). Thus you would have been required to get exit permit ( basically IRS wants to make sure that it can collect all due taxes . There i may also be "mark-to-market " requirement for assets you owned at the time of departure. Therefore the question , did you inform IRS ?
Here is something on that subject---> Departing alien clearance (Sailing permit) | Internal Revenue Service
If you have not met /filed the 1040-C, IRS may choose to still consider you a resident for tax purposes. I hope you have informed both the IRS and the USCIS -- note the acceptance by USCIS of notification does not drop the requirement of 1040-C .
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