Hi guys,
I'm the winner of the DV lottery, and immigrated to the US last year in August. After getting my temporary green card I stayed for a week, then went back to Australia for a month. I've been living in the US since October.
I'm having some trouble figuring out if I have to file a tax return for 2012 or not.
According to this IRS publication : http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/index.html I am a tax resident as soon as I get my green card. However I was working in Canada up until that point.
My questions are, do I have to mention my income before I got my greencard for my 2012 tax return?
Am I even obligated to file a tax return? I earned maybe $1000 from odd jobs and such, maybe I am below the threshold where I have to file?
Thanks for any advice from people who have experience with this.
I'm the winner of the DV lottery, and immigrated to the US last year in August. After getting my temporary green card I stayed for a week, then went back to Australia for a month. I've been living in the US since October.
I'm having some trouble figuring out if I have to file a tax return for 2012 or not.
According to this IRS publication : http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/index.html I am a tax resident as soon as I get my green card. However I was working in Canada up until that point.
My questions are, do I have to mention my income before I got my greencard for my 2012 tax return?
Am I even obligated to file a tax return? I earned maybe $1000 from odd jobs and such, maybe I am below the threshold where I have to file?
Thanks for any advice from people who have experience with this.