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GLOSSARY · VISA-HOLDER FINANCE

Dual-status tax year

A tax year in which you are a US resident for part of the year and a nonresident for the rest, usually the year you arrive or the year you leave. The return follows special rules: no standard deduction, no joint return unless a special choice is made, and different treatment of income before and after the change.

Also called: part-year resident, year of arrival or departure tax
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Resident and nonresident alien (for tax)Substantial presence testNonresident spouse election (§6013(g))
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