Tax filing status and Foreign Income reporting for H1B returnee

[kandarp_jani]

I stayed in US from Oct-2013 to Jun-2018 on an H1B Visa. In Jun-2018 my Visa expired and I returned to India since then.
I have a couple of questions regarding 2018 US Tax Return:

1) What should be my US Tax Filing status for 2018, Resident Alien or Dual Status Alien?

2) Should I report the income I earned in India (salary, interest, etc.) which was generated after permanently returning from US i.e from Jul-2018 to Dec-2018?

Kindly help.

[newacct]

I stayed in US from Oct-2013 to Jun-2018 on an H1B Visa. In Jun-2018 my Visa expired and I returned to India since then.
I have a couple of questions regarding 2018 US Tax Return:

1) What should be my US Tax Filing status for 2018, Resident Alien or Dual Status Alien?

2) Should I report the income I earned in India (salary, interest, etc.) which was generated after permanently returning from US i.e from Jul-2018 to Dec-2018?

Kindly help.

1. by default resident alien for the whole year. If your tax home was in a foreign country after you left the US and you had a closer connection to a foreign country, you could choose to be dual status, with residency terminating when you left the US. See Last Year of Residency in Publication 519. You would need to file a statement with the IRS to make this choice.

2. if you are a resident for the whole year, yes. If you are dual status, resident up until you left and non-resident afterwards, no.

[kandarp_jani]

1. by default resident alien for the whole year. If your tax home was in a foreign country after you left the US and you had a closer connection to a foreign country, you could choose to be dual status, with residency terminating when you left the US. See Last Year of Residency in Publication 519. You would need to file a statement with the IRS to make this choice.

2. if you are a resident for the whole year, yes. If you are dual status, resident up until you left and non-resident afterwards, no.

Thank you for the prompt response.