Tax in Indiana

[DiaKat 0]

I've tried looking through the various resources already and I'm feeling overwhelmed at this point so I'm looking for a rough step by step. My situation:

Moved to IN Jun 8 2012, was working up till Jun 6 2012 in the UK.

Married Jun 28 to a US citizen.

Started employment as full time Nov 26 (I have the W2s for that).

My first confusion arises from whether I'm dual status or a nonresident alien for the current tax filing. I think I can choose to be treated as a resident alien but am uncertain as to whether I'm reading the IRS publication 519 correctly. If I can make this choice, am I correct in saying that my spouse and I cannot file online due to the need for a signed declaration of this?

I have e-mail copies of my payslips from my job in the UK so putting that amount under foreign income won't be a problem, and I believe it's below the threshold for which the US would tax it (it's a few thousand). Is it the case then that I'll just be assessed under my US job?

Given the situation I've explained (and obv., am happy to give more detail if that will help), are there any major issues that I'm missing, which status do I fit, and do I need any special forms?

Thank you for ANY help in this matter, I'm feeling truly lost/overwhelmed by my first experience with the US tax system as an immigrant.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I've tried looking through the various resources already and I'm feeling overwhelmed at this point so I'm looking for a rough step by step. My situation:

Moved to IN Jun 8 2012, was working up till Jun 6 2012 in the UK.

Married Jun 28 to a US citizen.

Started employment as full time Nov 26 (I have the W2s for that).

My first confusion arises from whether I'm dual status or a nonresident alien for the current tax filing. I think I can choose to be treated as a resident alien but am uncertain as to whether I'm reading the IRS publication 519 correctly. If I can make this choice, am I correct in saying that my spouse and I cannot file online due to the need for a signed declaration of this?

I have e-mail copies of my payslips from my job in the UK so putting that amount under foreign income won't be a problem, and I believe it's below the threshold for which the US would tax it (it's a few thousand). Is it the case then that I'll just be assessed under my US job?

Given the situation I've explained (and obv., am happy to give more detail if that will help), are there any major issues that I'm missing, which status do I fit, and do I need any special forms?

Thank you for ANY help in this matter, I'm feeling truly lost/overwhelmed by my first experience with the US tax system as an immigrant.

This thread might help you. Comment or ask questions at the end to bump it to the first page of the forum again. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412125-turbotax-help-for-joint-filing-2012/

There is an explanation of how the exclusion works. It figures the tax your foreign income would incur, then subtracts that amount from the calculated tax. It doesn't simply take your foreign income away.

[JoeCanuk 3]

The first year I did taxes here, there was nothing about foreign anything.