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Dual-Status Taxpayer
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See IRS Publication 519 for details on which forms you are required to file, including information regarding the different rules for your period of residence and period of nonresidence. 
TaxAct supports the creation of dual-status returns. To accommodate for this situation, taxpayers need to prepare multiple returns in TaxAct. An example of how taxpayers would file a dual-status return is as follows: 
TaxAct Return #1 - Prepare the return for the first part of the year. If you were a nonresident alien at the beginning of the year, prepare Form 1040-NR, U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return. If you were a resident alien at the beginning of the year, prepare Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. Include only the income for the part of the year you had this status. This federal return is used as the dual-status statement.
TaxAct Return #2 - Prepare the return for the end of the year. If you were a nonresident alien on the last day of the year, prepare Form 1040-NR. If you were a resident alien on the last day of the calendar year, prepare Form 1040. Include only the income for the part of the year you had this status. This federal return is used as the dual-status return.

To indicate you were a dual-status taxpayer, and enter the necessary information from your statement, follow the steps below. 
Online
Dashboard
  1. From within your TaxAct return, click Resources.
    • On smaller devices, click the menu at the top left corner of your screen, then make your selection.
  2. Under My Return, click Federal Search. 
  3. Click the Miscellaneous Topics drop-down, then click Dual-Status Taxpayer.
  4. Complete the rest of the interview process. 
Classic
  1. From within your TaxAct return, click Federal. 
    • On smaller devices, click the menu at the top left corner of your screen, then make your selection.
  2. Click the Miscellaneous Topics drop-down, then click Dual-Status Taxpayer.
  3. Complete the rest of the interview process. 
Desktop
  1. From within your TaxAct return, click Federal. 
  2. Click the Miscellaneous Topics drop-down, then click Dual-Status Taxpayer.
  3. Complete the rest of the interview process. 
The IRS does not currently support attaching the required statement to an electronically filed return, so you would need to print both returns and paper file. See How to Mail a Paper Return (Paper File) FAQ. When following these steps for "Return #1" described previously, you would just print the return, however when following them for "Return #2," you would print the return and follow the instructions as to where to file both the dual-status return and the dual-status statement.