E-filing US return from India

vinay2mumbai · Post by **vinay2mumbai** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:40 am

Hi,

A US citizen with OCI, returned to India.
Does he can file online for his US taxes?
Assuming he used to do that online when he was in US.

I know its basic Q?

Also, which form he needs to file?
Person r2Ied is , USC+OCI(whole family) with wife & 2 kids.
And the person was R2Ied in Last May 2006.

Thanks
vinay

nand · Post by **nand** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:24 am

Sure you can file online using turbo tax, tax cut or whatever else. Not a problem. However double taxation credit issues and other stuff may complicate things for you.

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:54 am

You have mentioned OCI twice - it has no bearing on your US taxes or Indian taxes.

The form for US taxes is form 1040. Familiarize yourself with foreign documents.

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/index.html
http://www.irs.gov/faqs/faq13.html

astrix · Post by **astrix** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:15 am

Hi,

I have a profile similar to OP.

I have been filing my taxes in US thru turbo tax online since 2000 and I moved to India last year. Today morning I started entering my data into turbo tax online. In the address column, I entered my current Indian address and I saw note saying e-filing not allowed from foreign address.

Is it a constraint added by turbo tax or IRS. Or am I doing something wrong.

Help please.

astrix

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:30 am

Read the information at the links I provided in previous post.

Here I reproduce some information. By the way, you can print out from Turbo tax and mail it in.

Filing Requirements

When To File and Pay

Foreign Currency

Does My Return Have To Be On Paper?

Where To File

vinay2mumbai · Post by **vinay2mumbai** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:59 am

Desi,

man , you are amezed by your knowledge , and your helpfulness .
Why can't you start something finance service or consulting :-) I am sure I will be first paid customer :-)

I will go thru that information now

vinay

Gator92 · Post by **Gator92** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:30 pm

Hi all,

I was wondering if it is possible to e-file your U.S tax returns from India, I have relocated to Bangalore in Sept 2005. Last year I sent all my tax info to a CPA in the U.S who did all the filing for me. This year I want to do this on my own since the CPA charges more money than my tax returns ! I have conflicting views if taxes can be filed electronically with a foreign address.

Here are my questions :
1. Can someone with a foreign address e-file their taxes or should the forms be printed out and mailed ?
2. What software to buy (download) ? Turbo tax ?

Thank you for any info related to thsi topic.

RRK · Post by **RRK** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:59 pm

Most of the software do address validation and hence not possible to fill up foreign address.

One suggestion I made to one of my friend is.

1) Use taxact to fill up everything with blank address - use that to compute deductions, taxes etc

2) Save the PDF file and print it. It is free and cost nothing.

3) Fill in the Indian address and send it by postal mail along with checks if any.

Mulder420 · Post by **Mulder420** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:32 am

I am using turbotax.com (online version). After R2I, I plan to file that way through turbotax.com. For the address, I might give my relative's address.

Would that work ok?

Mulder

Gator92 · Post by **Gator92** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:58 am

Mulder,

If you are using a relative's address in the U.S, what it means to IRS is that you are staying in that state. Example: If you put in Connecticut address, then you will have to file as a resident for that state, in which case you cannot claim the foreign residency credit.