Ooops Now What?

HI all,

Been here since Dec. 2003 - filed my 2003 taxes with the US and haven't filed since!  OOPS!  Didn't really think that I needed to but of course you learn and now that we are in the process of starting the I-130 process I need to include 3 years of tax documents.

So, here I am trying to file my taxes for the past three years and I have a question. Because of the British tax year being from April to April - how do you figure out your American Tax year?  Do you go April to April or do you have to break it down from January to December, an American tax year??   Probably a daft question, but I just dont see anything about it anywhere.

I haven't made much, only worked parttime for spending money - so I have no real income to report. Unfortunately, I made over the american limit  so I do have to file.  I have no deductions, ie, property,children, etc, so just simply report my income.  I just need to figure out what income I'm reporting. lol

sorry if this question is daft or has been asked before, but I have been reading the post and haven't seen anything mentioned about this.

Thanks everyone. 

Please don't think your question is daft!

1. You need to report income and deductions to the US in calendar years.
2. The US taxes everything from bank interest to premium bond winnings.
3. If relevant don't forget to file forms TDF 90-22.1s

Thank you so much for your quick response.  Time to sit down and calculate my earnings - fun fun fun!