{"id":8557,"date":"2025-10-05T06:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboulafia.co.il\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2025-10-05T06:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:37:58","slug":"who-has-to-file-a-us-tax-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboulafia.co.il\/en\/binyamin-radomsky-en\/who-has-to-file-a-us-tax-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Who has to file a US tax return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the most frequent questions I receive from people is-Do I have to file a US tax return?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In general, US citizens and green card holders are required to file US tax returns reporting their worldwide income if their income exceeds a certain threshold.\u00a0 For example in tax year 2015 if you were single and under age 65 you would be required to file a return if your worldwide income exceeded $10,300.\u00a0 Attached are pages 8-10 from the IRS instructions to form 1040 which detail the various filing thresholds for tax year\u00a02015.\u00a0 There are exceptions to this threshold- the most notable being if you have net self employment earnings (income less expenses) more than $400 you must file a US return.\u00a0 It best that you go over your personal situation with a tax professional to determine if you are required to file a return.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboulafia.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2015-whohastofileustaxreturn.pdf\" rel=\"\">2015-whohastofileustaxreturn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most frequent questions I receive from people is-Do I have to file a US tax return? 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