Mytwocents please help with my TAX problem

Dear Mytwocents,

I am very confused with my 2005 residence status for federal income tax. My situation is: 08/15/2000 to 09/30/2005 F1 student, 10/1/2006 to now H-1B. I submitted I-485 on 09/29/05 and it is pending now. I filed 1040 NR in 2000/01/02/03/04.

According to publication 519, F1 student should be resident alien after 5 calandar year, and those filed I-485 cann't claim close connection with foreign country.

My question is:1-what is the meaning of "5 calandar year", is it 5*365 days, or 4*365 + days after 8/15/2000 (in my case)?
2- Am I resident alien or du status in 2005?
3- If I am resident alien could I claim the $5000 tax treaty? My employer sent me 1042-s and excluded this $5000 from W-2.

Thank you for your advice.

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• 回複：Mytwocents please help with my TAX problem -katiemama- ♀ (30 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 11:14:53

• resident 2005 (file 1040a), can claim $5000 as long as F1 status -expection- ♀ (126 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 12:05:40

• 回複：resident 2005 (file 1040a), can claim $5000 as long as F1 -mytwocents- ♂ (104 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 12:10:48

• 回複：Mytwocents please help with my TAX problem -mytwocents- ♂ (555 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 12:08:04

• 回複：回複：Mytwocents please help with my TAX problem -mytwocents- ♂ (159 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 12:22:34

• If you claim $5000 treaty benefit, you have to -sqgs- ♂ (224 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 12:33:09

• 回複：If you claim $5000 treaty benefit, you have to -mytwocents- ♂ (160 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 12:39:54

• 1042s is for non-resident. -sqgs- ♂ (251 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 12:56:42

• 回複：1042s is for non-resident. -mytwocents- ♂ (163 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 13:04:20

• There is a reason for that -sqgs- ♂ (441 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 13:33:54

• 回複：There is a reason for that -mytwocents- ♂ (231 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 15:16:44

• 回複：回複：There is a reason for that -mytwocents- ♂ (164 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 15:19:16

• 回複：回複：Mytwocents please help with my TAX problem -expection- ♀ (354 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 12:46:55

• 回複：回複：回複：Mytwocents please help with my TAX problem -mytwocents- ♂ (137 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 15:11:37

• Here is the official answer -sqgs- ♂ (589 bytes) () 02/14/2006 postreply 13:43:16