I became a U.S. resident during the year but was resident on December 31. Is a dual-status return still the right frame?
I live in Canada and used to think of the whole year as nonresident, but after reviewing my travel I realized I became a U.S. resident partway through the year and was still one on the last day of the year. I keep seeing the phrase dual-status and I am trying to understand whether that still applies even though the year ended with me classified as a resident.
I do not want to file the wrong main form because I misunderstood the calendar logic. I also know dual-status comes with restrictions, so I want the plain-English version of what happens when you were nonresident first, resident later, and resident at year-end.
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