n400 and first year taxes

[Aaza 6]

Hi Guys 

 

This question gets asked every few years ( but the last responses I found were in 2014 so hoping for a newer response). 

 

I moved to the USA in mid december 2017 on a CR1. My wife moved with me ( she was the USC) . Now she wasn't working abroad but I was. My understanding is that since I moved in the middle of the year and had no US Income for 2017 and my wife had no income at all we were not required to file income taxes . Is that that correct ? If so can someone point me to the relevant article on the IRS website. 

 

Secondly by the time I file the n400 in September 2020 I should have both 2018 and 2019 taxes.  But the response to the following questions in the N400 would be 

 

 

 

Yes and attach a letter here that says that I did not file in 2017 as I has no US source income and was not required to file as per the __ IRS rule. 

 

 

 

No.

 

Thanks for reading 

 

 

Edited June 29, 2020 by Aaza

[Aaza 6]

Please let me know if anyone has any idea or can point me in the right direction 

 

Thanks 

[Wuozopo 4,293]

1 hour ago, Aaza said:

Please let me know if anyone has any idea or can point me in the right direction 

 

Thanks 

How about—

I was a resident alien in the US for only 1 month in tax year 2017. My income was $0 during that period and below the filing threshold of $4050 as stated in Chart A, page 8 of the 2017 Form 1040 Instructions. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/i1040gi--2017.pdf

[Aaza 6]

Thank you so much for the answer - Just wanted to make sure I was interpreting the tax rules correctly.