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Hi All

I have a question specifically for recent Australian residents who have moved to US in 2012 and will be filing US Joint Tax Return for 2012.

Did you include your Australian Income(January to ......) in the 2012 US tax return and then claim exclusion (Form 2555) or did you completely avoid including the Australian Income due to Australia-US Tax Treaty.

Also if you have already filed the tax return what provider did you use, H&R Block or Turbo Tax and which specific product did you use? I tried using the basic one from H&R Block, but was unable to do it correctly, and the online help provided was not very helpful.

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Hi All

I have a question specifically for recent Australian residents who have moved to US in 2012 and will be filing US Joint Tax Return for 2012.

Did you include your Australian Income(January to ......) in the 2012 US tax return and then claim exclusion (Form 2555) or did you completely avoid including the Australian Income due to Australia-US Tax Treaty.

Also if you have already filed the tax return what provider did you use, H&R Block or Turbo Tax and which specific product did you use? I tried using the basic one from H&R Block, but was unable to do it correctly, and the online help provided was not very helpful.

Cheers

Hi, I noticed your post. Not from Australia, but if you want to do it on TurboTax, I did a walk-thru to help people. It's here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412125-turbotax-help-for-joint-filing-2012/

It is based on TurboTax Basic desktop installation, but is probably the same as the online version. I just prefer installed.

If you want to file a joint return, you need to claim worldwide income. Tax treaties don't get you out of that. If you don't want to claim the foreign income, then the USC files Married Filing Separately and the new spouse files nothing if you did t work in the US in 2012.

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