In the year you move into the U.S. you have a choice of filing either as:
a) a dual status taxpayer (including only income from the date of entry to the U.S.) - but you cannot claim a standard deduction or file jointly.
b) elect to be treated as a full year U.S. resident.. - where you include world income, deduct the earned income exclusion as applicable, claim a foreign tax credit for non excluded income if applicable - This option allows you to file jointly, and to use a standard deduction.
Unless you calculated your taxes both ways, you cannot determine which alternative results in the least amount of tax.
a) a dual status taxpayer (including only income from the date of entry to the U.S.) - but you cannot claim a standard deduction or file jointly.
b) elect to be treated as a full year U.S. resident.. - where you include world income, deduct the earned income exclusion as applicable, claim a foreign tax credit for non excluded income if applicable - This option allows you to file jointly, and to use a standard deduction.
Unless you calculated your taxes both ways, you cannot determine which alternative results in the least amount of tax.