Maintaining PR Status
Feb 24th 2004, 1:11 pm
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Maintaining PR Status
Hi,
I was reading the page "Now That You Are a Permanent Resident" on the USCIS Web site and saw a list of factors related to a finding of abandonment. According to the list, you may be found to have abandoned your PR status of you "Declare yourself a nonimmigrant on your tax returns." I just filed my federal and state tax returns and do not recall any questions related to immigration or citizenship status or the filers.
Did I miss something on the tax forms?
Thanks for any insight.
Katie
I was reading the page "Now That You Are a Permanent Resident" on the USCIS Web site and saw a list of factors related to a finding of abandonment. According to the list, you may be found to have abandoned your PR status of you "Declare yourself a nonimmigrant on your tax returns." I just filed my federal and state tax returns and do not recall any questions related to immigration or citizenship status or the filers.
Did I miss something on the tax forms?
Thanks for any insight.
Katie
Feb 24th 2004, 1:25 pm
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Re: Maintaining PR Status
Originally posted by Katie
Hi,
I was reading the page "Now That You Are a Permanent Resident" on the USCIS Web site and saw a list of factors related to a finding of abandonment. According to the list, you may be found to have abandoned your PR status of you "Declare yourself a nonimmigrant on your tax returns." I just filed my federal and state tax returns and do not recall any questions related to immigration or citizenship status or the filers.
Did I miss something on the tax forms?
Thanks for any insight.
Katie
Hi,
I was reading the page "Now That You Are a Permanent Resident" on the USCIS Web site and saw a list of factors related to a finding of abandonment. According to the list, you may be found to have abandoned your PR status of you "Declare yourself a nonimmigrant on your tax returns." I just filed my federal and state tax returns and do not recall any questions related to immigration or citizenship status or the filers.
Did I miss something on the tax forms?
Thanks for any insight.
Katie
K
Feb 24th 2004, 10:32 pm
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Re: Maintaining PR Status
Originally posted by YtsejaM
What they mean is that if you file a 1040-NR tax form, you could be found to have abandoned your PR since you are technically declaring to the US government that you are a non-resident. If you filed a normal 1040/1040A/1040-EZ (and continue to do so) then you are fine.
K
What they mean is that if you file a 1040-NR tax form, you could be found to have abandoned your PR since you are technically declaring to the US government that you are a non-resident. If you filed a normal 1040/1040A/1040-EZ (and continue to do so) then you are fine.
K
This may be a dumb question, but I thought I'd check...just in case...
Am I as a PR entitled to file as "married filing separately"? I don't know yet - this won't apply until next tax filing in 2005 - but it might have an impact on our tax refund situation.
Thanks,
Eiolf
Feb 24th 2004, 11:16 pm
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Re: Maintaining PR Status
Eiolf,
Yes, if you're married.
Regards, JEff
Yes, if you're married.
Regards, JEff
Originally posted by esandstr
Hi K!
This may be a dumb question, but I thought I'd check...just in case...
Am I as a PR entitled to file as "married filing separately"? I don't know yet - this won't apply until next tax filing in 2005 - but it might have an impact on our tax refund situation.
Thanks,
Eiolf
Hi K!
This may be a dumb question, but I thought I'd check...just in case...
Am I as a PR entitled to file as "married filing separately"? I don't know yet - this won't apply until next tax filing in 2005 - but it might have an impact on our tax refund situation.
Thanks,
Eiolf
Feb 24th 2004, 11:20 pm
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Re: Maintaining PR Status
esandstr wrote:
> Originally posted by YtsejaM
>
>>What they mean is that if
>
> you file a 1040-NR tax form, you could be found to have abandoned your
> PR since you are technically declaring to the US government that you are
> a non-resident. If you filed a normal 1040/1040A/1040-EZ (and continue
> to do so) then you are fine.
>
>>K
>
>
> Hi K!
>
> This may be a dumb
> question, but I thought I'd check...just in case...
>
> Am I as a PR
> entitled to file as "married filing separately"? I don't know yet -
> this won't apply until next tax filing in 2005 - but it might have an
> impact on our tax refund situation.
>
You can file separately, but why do you think that would be a benefit?
That would give you a smaller standard deduction then if you were filing
as "single" or as "head of household". You can, if you desire, file
jointly, even if the spouse lives outside of the US. What is best
depends on YOUR situation.
> Originally posted by YtsejaM
>
>>What they mean is that if
>
> you file a 1040-NR tax form, you could be found to have abandoned your
> PR since you are technically declaring to the US government that you are
> a non-resident. If you filed a normal 1040/1040A/1040-EZ (and continue
> to do so) then you are fine.
>
>>K
>
>
> Hi K!
>
> This may be a dumb
> question, but I thought I'd check...just in case...
>
> Am I as a PR
> entitled to file as "married filing separately"? I don't know yet -
> this won't apply until next tax filing in 2005 - but it might have an
> impact on our tax refund situation.
>
You can file separately, but why do you think that would be a benefit?
That would give you a smaller standard deduction then if you were filing
as "single" or as "head of household". You can, if you desire, file
jointly, even if the spouse lives outside of the US. What is best
depends on YOUR situation.
